UNMISS engineering troops battling flooding in Bor and beyond as 135,000 people are displaced
UNMISS engineering troops and local youth are battling rising water levels to prevent parts of Bor to be submerged. Engineering troops serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan are engaged in an ongoing battle against…
Local communities in Tambura benefit from a week of COVID-19 sensitization by UNMISS, I Can South Sudan
UNMISS partnered with I Can South Sudan to organise a seven-day COVID-19 awareness raising campaign in Tambura. Tricycles and motorbikes with loudspeakers broadcast WHO-approved preventative measures in local languages. Since…
Eastern Equatoria Governor visits near-inaccessible areas on UNMISS helicopter, urges communities to embrace peace
A women's representative from the Toposa community in Eastern Equatoria speaks to Governor Louis Lojore during a recent UNMISS-facilitated visit to remote areas on the state's easternmost border. Every year, without fail, the…
South-Kivu: Uvira's women leaders renew their confidence in MONUSCO
South-Kivu: Uvira's women leaders renew their confidence in MONUSCO. Photo MONUSCO/Jean-Tobie Okala During a working session with MONUSO’s substantive sections in Uvira, South Kivu Province, on 6th August, some 20 women…
UNMISS peacekeepers begin patrols to deter further violence in conflict-affected Tonj
UNMISS has set up a temporary operating base in Tonj, Warrap State, following recent clashes. The peacekeeping team travelled 11 hours from Kuajok through heavily flooded territory to get to Tonj. They have started patrolling…
UNMISS, partners discuss small-scale projects designed to improve healthcare facilities in Eastern Equatoria
UNMISS RRP in the mission's Torit Field Office held a series of meetings with local partners in Nimule, Eastern Equatoria, to identify quick impact projects that will have tangible health benefits for local populations. The…
COVID-19 prevention and promotion of national identity as citizens of Yambio gather to revel in face masks
Informative COVID-19 material and face masks were distributed at an event in Yambio, which also aimed to promote a sense of national identity and social cohesion. Hundreds of face mask-wearing Yambio citizens have been…
UNFIL peacekeepers donate firefighting equipment to Civil Defense
UNIFIL peacekeepers in south-eastern Lebanon donated yesterday a number of firefighting equipment to the Lebanese Civil Defense, a public civil emergency service that carries out firefighting, search and rescue activities…
UNIFIL peacekeepers donate blood for victims of Beirut explosions
Nearly 100 UNIFIL peacekeepers – both military and civilian – donated blood yesterday and today for the victims of the horrific 4 August explosions that devastated a part of Beirut, left hundreds dead and thousands injured…
#UN4Beirut: UN staff join hands in solidarity with Lebanese people
The United Nations Staff Unions in Lebanon have collectively launched the #UN4Beirut initiative to show solidarity and support to the people of Lebanon by cleaning the streets of a Beirut district, which was devastated by…
UNMISS renovates primary school in Mayom as the UN Secretary-General launches new policy brief on education
UNMISS, through a Quick Impact Project, has made it possible for students in Mayom, Unity State, to access education by handing over a fully renovated primary school. The project was actioned by the mission’s Relief…
UNMISS peacekeepers, civilian and military, team up to renovate and hand over COVID-19 isolation centre in Bentiu
A joint team of civilian and military peacekeepers facilitated, implemented and handed over an isolation centre to the State COVID-19 Task Force in Bentiu, South Sudan. As part of its ongoing support to the national-led COVID…