Displaced in Bor receive life-saving aid
27 December 2011 – Following a vicious cycle of attacks in Jonglei State, UN agencies and national as well as international organizations have been assisting the displaced victims. About 7,177 internally displaced persons…
Replace ethnic conflicts with unity, urges SRSG
27 December 2011 - The biggest threat facing South Sudan's development was ethnic division and inter-communal conflicts, UNMISS head Hilde F. Johnson said in her end of year message. "If everyone puts their community first…
UN donates agricultural tools and VSAT in Yambio
22 December 2011 - To improve nutritional standards for inmates in Western Equatoria State, UNMISS and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) donated farming equipment, including sickles and hoes, to inmates in the…
UNMACC receives anti-mine devices and explosives
29 December 2011 – To boost anti-landmine efforts in South Sudan, the outgoing UNMISS Cambodian Military Demining Platoon today handed over 15 tonnes of explosives and equipment to the UN Mine Action Coordination Centre…
German agency hands over housing project to UNMISS
19 December 2011 - A German governmental agency handed over a project to build housing for UN staff to UNMISS in a formal ceremony today in South Sudan's capital of Juba. The German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)…
Displaced Murle returning to Pibor
5 January 2012 – Hundreds of displaced residents from Jonglei State's Pibor County have begun returning to their villages, according to reports from a joint UN humanitarian assessment mission that visited the area today…
Upper Nile University reopens
5 January 2012 – Upper Nile University reopened its doors today for the first time in nearly a year. Approximately 5,000 students are expected to register at the university's campuses in Malakal and Renk later this month and…
UNMISS URGES GOVERNMENT TO ACT NOW TO PROTECT CIVILIANS IN JONGLEI STATE
26 Dec, 2011 - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) today urged the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to take all measures necessary to protect civilians in Jonglei state.
Murle gunmen attack Jonglei county of Duk
17 January 2012 – At least 50 people died and over 30 were injured during an attack against residents of Duk Padiet village in Jonglei State in the late afternoon of 16 January. Jonglei Governor Kuol Manyang Juuk told…
Akobo County Commissioner calls for comprehensive civilian disarmament in Jonglei
18 January 2012 – The commissioner of the Jonglei State county of Akobo told a visiting team of UNMISS staff members today that a comprehensive civilian disarmament campaign can be implemented in the strife-torn state to…
19 Jan. - The Jonglei-crisis
Hosting Special Representative of the Secretary-General Hilde F. Johnson Read the full transcript