South Sudan joins anti-personnel mine convention
11 November 2011 - South Sudan has made banning anti-personnel mines one of its first multilateral commitments since becoming independent in July. The newly formed nation deposited its notification of succession to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or Ottawa Convention, today at UN…
Refugees arriving in Upper Nile’s Maban County
13 November 2011 - An increasing number of refugees and displaced people in Maban County, Upper Nile State, was severely straining local resources, its commissioner told a UN assessment mission visiting the capital Bunj today. "Our market is running out of food items because of a daily increase in…
Children demobilized from SPLA in Bentiu
15 November 2011 – Some 53 child soldiers between the ages of 13 and 17 were released from the South Sudanese military today in the Unity State capital of Bentiu. The children had been forcefully conscripted into the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) by local chiefs at the request of the state…
Human rights training targets grassroots
4 November, 2011 – In raising awareness of human rights violations and illegal crimes in communities, UNMISS completed a workshop today in Kit, Central Equatoria State. The three-day activity, held by UNMISS Human Rights with support from the mission's Civil Affairs and Public Information sections…
Border conference seeks to unite communities
16 November 2011 – As Misseriya nomads prepare to cross the Sudan/South Sudan border seeking grazing land during the dry season, a three-day conference began today in Abiemnon, Unity State, to boost relations among border communities. Opening the event, State Deputy Governor William Daud Riak…
UNMISS team visits Kajo-Keji County
15 November 2011- To assess what activities UNMISS might perform in Kajo-Keji County, Central Equatoria State, a 17-member mission team headed by State Coordinator Hendrik Bruyn visited the area from 14 to 15 November. "The purpose of the visit is...to look around and see what work might be needed…
More than 200 IDPS from Sudan arrive in Wau
16 November 2011 – Returning from Khartoum to their home areas in South Sudan, 205 internally displaced persons (IDPs) arrived by train today in Wau, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State. The 68 families, who left Khartoum on 25 October, were the first of 15 groups scheduled to return from Sudan to South…
Governors focuses on security and decentralization
18 November 2011 – A four-day governors' forum that concluded today in the South Sudanese capital of Juba ranked security and decentralized governance high on its list of recommendations. Among other proposals, the governors recommended that construction and maintenance of secure inter-state roads…
UNMISS Force Commander assesses security in Malakal
18 November 2011 – Assessing the security situation following recent airstrikes by Sudanese forces and rebel militia group attacks in South Sudanese border areas, UNMISS Force Commander Maj. Gen. Moses Bisong Obi completed a two-day visit today to the Upper Nile State capital of Malakal. The Force…
Pound losing against Shilling in Kajo-Keji County
21 November 2011 - With no banking facilities in Central Equatoria State's Kajo-Keji County, the value of the South Sudanese Pound (SSP) against the Uganda shilling has dropped sharply and dollars are hard to find. After the Nile Commercial Bank branch in the county was declared insolvent in 2010…
UNMISS to support first years of independence, SRSG says
23 November 2011 - The role of UNMISS was to support South Sudan in its first years as an independent country in meeting political, protection and rule of law challenges, the head of the mission said today in Juba. Speaking to members of the South Sudan Police Services, Special Representative of the…