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South Sudanese National NGOs take a bold position at the IGAD/OCHA high- level pledging event on the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan
Summary: The Chair of the National NGO Steering Committee, of the South Sudan NGO forum, Mr Elijah Manyok, stated today that not only has the current war in South Sudan robbed the South Sudanese people of the human right of peace but has rendered over 6.4 million South Sudanese food insecure with nearly 2.5 million at risk of acute hunger and an estimated 2 million displaced from their homes.Date:South Sudan National NGO's statement on the killing of aid workers in Maban County
Summary: The South Sudan National NGO Steering Committee representatives are shocked and angered by the current waves of attacks in Maban COunty on South Sudanese aid workers targeted on the basis of their ethnicity.Date:NGOs condemn the killings of aid workers in Maban
Summary: It is with the heaviest of hearts that we remember our colleagues who were killed this week in ethnically targeted violence in Maban County. As an NGO community, we strongly condemn these killings and we offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of our colleagues who have died. Their senseless deaths, after their tireless efforts to provide aid and assistance to the people of South Sudan and to refugees from Sudan, are simply incomprehensible.Date:NGOs Welcome Ceasefire Agreement In South Sudan, Reaffirm Their Commitment To Help All Populations In Need Of Assistance
Summary: Fifty-five major humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in South Sudan have expressed their deep concern about the current humanitarian situation in the country and reaffirmed their commitment to help all civilian populations in need of assistance.Date: