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Residents of Boma, Jonglei State, where an UNMISS team recently assessed area conditions. Photo: UNMISS/Martine Perret. Click for larger image

Near verbatim transcript of the SRSG Hilde Johnson and DSRSG Toby Lanzer's 's encounter with the press in Juba. Read full transcript

31 March 2013 – A fire broke out in Rumbek Market today, destroying property worth an estimated 200,000 Sudanese pounds before UNMISS brought it under control. The cause of the blaze is still unclear, although witnesses told UN Radio Miraya it had begun at a market welding site. When the Fire…

1April 2013 - Concluding a peace conference in Rumbek today, members of the Kuei and Rup communities agreed to pay compensation for lives lost on both sides in fighting between rival youths. In two key resolutions adopted, participants agreed to compensate relatives of the deceased with their best…

Republic of Korea Engineering Company arriving at Juba International Airport to join UNMISS on 2 April. The 190 peacekeepers will be deployed to Bor, Jonglei, to carry out construction activities in the state. Photo: UNMISS/Martine Perret. Click for larger image.

4 April 2013 - Conflicting communities in Jonglei State were using children as weapons of war and triggering further violence, an UNMISS official said today in the state capital Bor. "(When) cattle raiders fail to get cattle, they abduct children (instead)," said UNMISS Jonglei Child Protection…

South Sudanese government representatives as well as national and international mine action partners rolling up their pants' legs in Juba during the 2013 "Lend Your Leg" campaign to demonstrate solidarity with landmine victims. The campaign was organized to commemorate International Day of Mine…

Juba, 5 April 2013 -The United Nations Mission in South Sudan today released a report on the findings of a human rights investigation into the deadly incident that occurred near Walgak, Akobo West sub-county, in Jonglei State on 8 February 2013.

As she cut and stitched cloth, Habib could have been any woman in a tailoring school, trying to learn a skill that would be useful in the future.That she might one day earn a living from tailoring was hardly debatable. It was the location of the school in Juba Central Prison that made her different…

Following the ravages of more than two decades of civil war, the South Sudan Prisons Service had fallen into a sorry state. "All the prisons that were built before the war were either destroyed or completely damaged during the war," said General Abel Makoi Wol, Director General of South Sudan Prison…

Juba, 8 April 2013 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan calls upon the country's authorities to take all necessary steps to protect civilians during military operations in Jonglei State. All communities and state bodies in Jonglei need to take urgent measures to prevent the mobilization of…

Near verbatim transcriptof the SRSG Hilde Johnson's encounter with the press in Juba.