UNMISS picks up demining in Unity
2 December 2011 – With the laying of fresh mines in Unity State, the UNMISS demining body intensified its work on major routes there today to ease humanitarian service delivery. Following clearance of the 90-kilometre Bentiu-Tharjat Road, the UN Mine Action Coordination Centre began the Bentiu-Mayom…
Volunteerism celebrated in Juba
5 December 2011 - Volunteerism should be an integral part of the world's new development strategy, according to the UN State of the World's Volunteerism Report (SWVR) released today during celebrations to mark International Volunteer Day in South Sudan. "Volunteerism means to give a hand," said…
SSPS learn criminal investigation in Eastern Equatoria
5 December 2011 – As part of the UNMISS' mandate to strengthen security services in South Sudan, UN Police in Eastern Equatoria State began a two-week criminal investigation course for local police today in the capital Torit. Attended by 33 participants, two of whom are female, the training will…
Volunteers clean, donate food in Yambio
5 December 2011 - UN Volunteers (UNVs) in the Western Equatoria State capital of Yambio marked International Volunteers Day with a cleaning campaign and food donation at Yambio Civil Hospital. The 20 South Sudanese and international volunteers were drawn from UNMISS, the UN High Commissioner for…
UNMISS marks 16 Days of Activism
6 December 2012 – In celebrating continued peace at the family, home, society and institutional levels in South Sudan, the UNMISS Gender Unit marked "16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence" in the mission's Juba headquarters today. "Today marks an important opportunity for us as UNMISS and the…
Manyo County calm, but authorities on alert
6 December 2011 – Following conflicts over the past few months between rebel militia groups (RMGs) and the South Sudanese military, the security situation was now calm in Manyo County, Upper Nile State, according to its commissioner, El Thaib Agang Okiech. Speaking today in the county headquarters…
Political Parties forum held in Western Equatoria
7 December 2011 - Aiming to widen political space and mutual understanding, a political party forum was held today at UNMISS Yambio, Western Equatoria State. Organized by the mission's Civil Affairs Division, the one-day event was attended by representatives of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement…
Mapel donates land for DDR transitional facility
7 December 2011 - To support the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) of former South Sudanese combatants, residents of Mapel Payam, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State, today donated a 1.2- kilometre-square piece of land for a DDR transitional facility. "This project (DDR) is one of the top…
Wau marches against corruption
9 December 2011 – Vowing to fight graft and its drain on development funds, citizens in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal State capital of Wau marched from Peace Square to Isaac Stadium today to mark Global Anti-corruption Day. The procession was organized by the state's newly established Anticorruption…
HILDE JOHNSON URGES STEPS TO END CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN JONGLEI STATE
9 Dec. 2011 - The killings this week in the villages in Jalle Payam, Bor South County, as well as in Twic East County, underline the importance of the Jonglei Peace Process and the urgent need to move forward.
Government pledges to ratify key human rights conventions
10 December 2011 – The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) acknowledged today the urgent need to revise existing laws and enact new ones to ensure they met international human rights standards. "We also need to ratify as soon as possible international and regional human rights instruments," said GoSS…
State capitals mark Human Rights Day
10 December 2011 – Focusing on various issues, including abuse of authority and forced marriages, Human Rights Day was celebrated today in several states of South Sudan. Representing Eastern Equatoria State Governor Brig. Gen. Louis Lobong during celebrations in Torit, Minister of Agriculture Jorom…