Torit County to set up community policing
11 February 2012 – To strengthen security in Torit County, Eastern Equatoria State, local chiefs and community representatives vowed today during a one-day forum to set up community policing in their areas. As a previous…
UNMISS Deputy Force Commander visits Torit
13 February 2012 - A top mission official stressed in the Eastern Equatoria State capital of Torit today that the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) must clearly understand the mandate of the new UN Mission in South Sudan…
South Sudan Police to digitize personnel records
13 February 2012 - As part of South Sudan Police Services (SSPS) reform, UNMISS and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have begun a nation-wide registration exercise for all SSPS staff that will culminate in a digitization…
UNMISS begins HIV/AIDS training in Malakal
13 February 2012 - To assist in spreading the message about HIV/AIDS, UNMISS began a training course for "peer educators" in the Upper Nile State capital of Malakal today. In opening remarks, UNMISS' State Coordinator in…
Peacekeepers host free medical camp in Juba
14 February 2012 - As part of its efforts to draw closer to the community, the UNMISS Bangladesh Military Medical Battalion held a camp today at Gumbo village, in the South Sudanese capital of Juba. A high-level Bangladeshi…
Torit demobilization facility to receive upgrading
15 February 2012 – In assisting ex-combatants to re-enter civilian life, UNMISS will be funding the rehabilitation of a demobilization facility in the Eastern Equatoria State capital of Torit, mission officials said today…
Surviving outside the military
John Okulo has come a long way since he signed up with the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) as a child soldier at the tender age of 14. Unlike many of his comrades who served in the SPLA, the now 21-year-old former…
Mama Zahra: Whetting Juba appetites
When Rosa Pita began cooking in her backyard in the South Sudanese capital of Juba in 1992, she never dreamed she would one day become a role model for aspiring restaurateurs. Popularly known as Mama Zahra, the 44-year-old…
Shakespeare with a South Sudanese sound
A dozen South Sudanese actors in their 20s and 30s sit on couches lining the walls of a hotel lounge in Juba, poring over scripts under the watchful gaze of veteran theatre directors Joseph Abuk and Derik Uya Alfred. The…
UNFPA gives SPLA condoms to fight HIV/AIDS
17 February 2012 - In combating the high HIV/AIDS rate in the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the UN and a partner donated 140 cartons of condoms to the South Sudanese military today in Juba. The condoms were handed…
Japanese engineering contingent arrives in Juba
20 February 2012 - To support infrastructural development in the Republic of South Sudan, 120 Japanese UNMISS engineering peacekeepers arrived at Juba International Airport today. Present to welcome them were Japanese…