UNMISS condemns attack against South Sudanese troops in Jonglei State
27 August 2012 -The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) condemns the attack by armed insurgents against South Sudanese troops in Jonglei State reported to have taken place on 23 August and to have claimed the lives of 24 soldiers, with many more missing and injured.
Jonglei forum urges implementation of peace resolution
28 August 2012 - Seeking to prevent further conflict in Jonglei State, participants at a forum in the capital Bor today called for full implementation of the All-Jonglei Peace Resolution, which traditional chiefs signed during a conference in May. The one day event on "Youth and Peacebuilding" was…
SRSG meets leading South Sudanese personalities
28 August 2012 - Leading South Sudanese personalities and opinion leaders gathered in Juba with Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Hilde F. Johnson for the inaugural session of the Consultative Group to UNMISS. The informal think-tank-like group of key stakeholders are set to meet…
UNMISS hands over DDR facility groundworks in Mapel
29 August 2012 - Assisting to bring former combatants back into society, the UNMISS Chinese contingent handed over the groundworks for a training facility today in Mapel, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State. The ceremony marked the departure of UNMISS' Chinese contingent, who completed the groundwork…
Dancing for a better future
A group of energetic young dancers in the Warrap State capital of Kuajok are pouring their hopes and passions into two dramas for South Sudan's independence anniversary. "Let's hold South Sudan together" urges people to work together in moving the country ahead, and the army that made independence…
Returnees straining services they crave
A continuing flow of returnees into Eastern Equatoria State is taxing its already limited sources of water, electricity and housing, officials say. The latest arrivals in early June were 1,150 returnees recently airlifted from Khartoum to South Sudan by the International Organization for Migration…
Surviving outside the military
John Okulo has come a long way since he signed up as a child soldier during the height of Sudan's civil war at the age of 14. Unlike many of his comrades who served in the Sudan People's Liberation Army, the now 21-year-old former combatant has successfully re-entered civilian life. Harking back to…
Abducted women and children coming home
Prisoners of feuding youth in Jonglei State for almost five months, an elated Dole Koroko and her two-year-old son recently stepped off an UNMISS helicopter to freedom in Pibor. Abducted in January by Lou Nuer armed youth who attacked the Murle village of Lukongole, Ms. Koroko and her boy were…
One returnee’s story
Joyce was among a group of 42 returnees who left a camp in Malakal on 29 May to board a flight to the Warrap State capital of Kuajok. The journey was the latest leg of a personal odyssey that began in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum two months ago and had not yet reached Joyce's final destination…
When the weapons are gone
As civilian disarmament in South Sudan's Jonglei State pushes into its second month, residents are crying out for more security to protect them from those who still have guns. "The SPLA (Sudan People's Liberation Army) disarmed people and left them helpless," said Abraham Makur, coordinator of…
Cattle, crops and wildlife
Dismayed at the herds of cattle invading his county, village headman Kenyui Danga said he feared his crops would become animal fodder. Like many residents of Kajokeji County in Central Equatoria State, Mr. Danga was even more concerned about the weapons carried by the newly arrived herdsmen. "How…