UNMISS committed to impartiality in South Sudan, says SRSG
8 April 2013 - The South Sudan government must take all necessary steps to protect civilians during ongoing military operations in Jonglei State, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for South Sudan, Hilde F. Johnson, said in Juba today. Addressing a press conference at the…
World Health Day - Control your Blood Pressure
A member of the Indian Battalion checks a patient's blood pressure in the UNMISS hospital in Malakal, Upper Nile State. This year,the World Health Organization and partners are focusing on the global problem of high blood pressure and have adopted the theme "Control your Blood Pressure" for World…
UNMISS condemns killing of peacekeepers and civilians
9 April 2013 - Hilde F. Johnson, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in South Sudan, condemns in the strongest terms the killing today of five peacekeepers and seven civilians working with UNMISS in an ambush by unidentified assailants near the settlement of Gumuruk, Jonglei State. At…
Ambush on UNMISS convoy in Jonglei State leaves 12 dead
A wounded civilian arriving in Juba after an ambush on an UNMISS convoy by unidentified assailants near Gumuruk in Jonglei State on 9 April. Five peacekeepers and two civilians working with the mission were killed in the attack along with five civilian contractors who were traveling in the convoy…
UNMISS honors fallen Indian peacekeepers
10 April 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for South Sudan, Hilde F. Johnson, paid tribute today to the five members of the UNMISS Indian Battalion who died in an ambush in Jonglei state on Tuesday. Speaking at a memorial ceremony held in the UNMISS compound…
UNMISS honors fallen Indian peacekeepers
Indian peacekeepers loading the casket of the late Lt. Col. Mahipal Singh, one of five UNMISS Indian Battalion soldiers who were killed in an ambush on 9 April by heavily armed assailants on the road between Gumuruk and Bor Town in Jonglei State. Photo: UNMISS / Isaac Billy. Click for larger image.
Gok Machar residents learn about UNMISS role
9 April 2013- The mandate of UNMISS does not include the defense of South Sudan's international boundaries or the monitoring of its border with Sudan, UNMISS staff members said at a community outreach event held today in Aweil North County in Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State. Aweil North County…
Tri-state area lawmakers seek to end cattle raids
11 April 2013 – Legislators from the states of Unity, Warrap and Lakes participated today in a teleconference and discussed possible ways of ending cattle raids that often result in the deaths of innocent civilians. The members of legislative assemblies located in the so-called tri-state area…
Memorial ceremony for national staff colleagues
Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Field Support Anthony Banbury presenting a United Nations flag to Delfino Abbas Alex, brother of the late Peter Kiko, during a memorial ceremony in Juba for the two UNMISS national staff members who died in the 9 April ambush of an UNMISS convoy near…
Deceased national staff members honored at ceremony in Juba
12 April 2013 -- The attack on an UNMISS convoy in Jonglei State that killed 12 peacekeepers and civilians earlier this week was a sobering reminder of the hidden hurdles and dangers facing UNMISS staff, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) Hilde F. Johnson said in Juba…
Banbury and Johnson visit Bor
13 April 2013 - A delegation of senior UN officials led by Assistant Secretary-General for Field Support Anthony Banbury visited the Jonglei State capital of Bor today in the aftermath of last Tuesday's ambush on an UNMISS convoy that killed a dozen peacekeepers and civilians. The Special…
South Sudan prepares for new DDR programme
16 April 2013 -- Seeking shelter from the sweltering sun, tens of ex-combatants sat under mango trees across the Greater Bahr El-Ghazal region on a recent afternoon. The trees were heavily laden with fruit that would soon ripen, an apt symbol of the process that the ex-combatants are about to…