Malakal students get HIV/AIDS awareness training
9 August 2012 – The UNMISS HIV/Aids Unit held a one-day sensitization forum today for 52 students of Arop Yor Secondary School in the Upper Nile State capital of Malakal to increase awareness about the deadly disease. The…
UNMISS staff union issues aired at town hall meeting
16 August 2012 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for South Sudan Hilde F. Johnson told a gathering of UN national staff members in Juba today that the mission's leadership fully appreciates the…
Chinese peacekeepers host cultural exhibition in Wau
10 August 2012 – The UNMISS Chinese Engineering Company presented a cultural exhibition at Wau's Bahr El-Ghazal University today that highlighted its contributions to the people of South Sudan. The company's commanding…
Indian Battalion hold free medical and veterinary camp
15 August 2012 – The UNMISS Indian Battalion conducted a free, day-long medical and veterinary camp for residents of the Upper Nile State capital of Malakal today. Veterinary officer Lt. Col Ravinder Yadav hailed what he…
UNMISS signs Memorandum of Understanding to train SSNPS
17 August 2012 – UNMISS and the national Ministry of Interior signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in the capital Juba today on the transformation of the South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS). The Special…
SRSG Johnson addresses Council of Ministers
SRSG Hilde F. Johnson greeting President Salva Kiir Mayardit at her briefing of Council of Ministers on mission's achievements and renewed mandate in Juba on 17 August 2012. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy.
UNMISS, UNODC donate items to prisons in Warrap State
15 August 2012 – The UNMISS Corrections Advisory Section (CAS) today donated a variety of food and non-food items to female inmates and their children in three prisons in Warrap State. Inmates in Kuajok Central State, Turalei…
UNMISS raises awareness of role in Wau
21 August 2012 - Aiming to spread awareness of its role in South Sudan, UNMISS held an outreach event today at a university in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal State capital of Wau. University of Bahr El-Ghazal Academic Secretary…
Over 300 prison wardens graduate in Rumbek
22 August 2012 - Furthering rule of law in newly independent South Sudan, 375 wardens graduated today from a one-year course in Rumbek, Lakes State. Addressing the graduates at Makembele Training Centre, Governor Chol Tong…
UNMISS calls for action to safeguard peace process in Jonglei state
24 August 2012 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) calls on all South Sudanese institutions and actors engaged in stabilizing Jonglei state to take immediate action to safeguard re cent gains in the peace…
Stop fighting each other, says Kiir
24 August 2012 – South Sudanese should stop fighting so that they could continue developing their new nation, President Salva Kiir said today in the Eastern Equatoria State capital of Torit. "I urge you to maintain peace…
Jonglei youth band together for peace
17 August 2012 - Bringing Jonglei State youth together to further peace and development, a three-day conference concluded today in the capital Bor. The over 55 youth attending formed the "Jonglei Youth Union" during the…