The United Nations has condemned two recent drone attacks in Sudan, one of which left seven dead, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Monday during his regular media briefing in New York.

A team had been dispatched to the site, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) outside Juba, to gather information and support emergency services.

Beyond Kenya's borders, the nation's aviation industry has suffered the brunt of plane crashes, with civilian deaths, prompting the government to act accordingly by launching investigations into the cases.

The national health ministry, UN agencies, and partners over the weekend launched a nationwide campaign to distribute 9.5 million long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets in what officials described as the biggest malaria prevention drive in the country’s history.

Controlling aid resources and denying humanitarians access to hungry populations are once again proving powerful tools of war.

An 18-month-old boy lies motionless on a dirty hospital bed deep in the conflict zone of South Sudan, a bullet wound in his leg – another newly-orphaned victim in the world's newest country.

A widening rift has emerged between South Sudan’s transitional government and the body mandated to oversee its peace process, the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC), over proposed amendments to the 2018 Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS).