UN to shut more bases in South Sudan over budget cuts
Civilians arrive to a shelter at the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) compound on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan on December 17, 2013.
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Monday that it is in the process of closing additional operating bases across the country due to budget cuts.
UNMISS Spokesperson Priyanka Chowdhury told Xinhua in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, that the UN mission is in the process of closing field offices in Aweil, Northern Bahr El Ghazal State and Torit in Eastern Equatoria State, and other smaller bases in Yei, Koch, Akobo, Bunj and Pariang.
