Women silently rally for peace in Bentiu
Women’s representatives from different ethnic groups currently staying in protected areas at the UNMISS base in Bentiu marched 12 kilometres carrying white flags to present a reconciliation letter to Unity State Governor Joseph Maytuil Wjang. Photo: UNMISS/Anna Adhikari
IGAD Juba summit postponed, moved to Addis
22 January 2014 - An emergency regional summit planned for Thursday in Juba as part of efforts to seek a peaceful solution to the South Sudan conflict has been cancelled, UN Radio Miraya reported today. The summit, organized by the regional grouping Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)…
Health partners begin second measles campaign
23 January 2014 - Responding to an outbreak of measles in internally displaced people’s (IDP) camps in South Sudan, health partners are conducting a second campaign against the disease, a UNICEF official said today in Juba. “Right now we have a need to move urgently and intervene because we have 25…
Ban, Security Council welcome South Sudan cessation of hostilities agreement
23 January 2014 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council today welcomed the signing of a cessation of hostilities agreement between anti- and pro-government forces in South Sudan. Representatives of President Salva Kiir and former deputy president Riek Machar signed the agreement…
Statement welcoming the signing of a cessation of hostilities
UN Peacekeepers securing the entrance to UNMISS Juba compound. “The United Nations … will continue to do everything within its means to protect civilians at risk and provide the necessary humanitarian assistance,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement welcoming the signing of a cessation…
UNMISS chief welcomes the cessation of hostilities agreement
Juba, 24 January 2014 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Ms. Hilde F. Johnson welcomes the signing of a cessation of hostilities agreement as a first step towards a lasting and durable peace in…
Border community conference begins in Gok Machar
23 January 2014 - Seeking a peaceful nomadic migration season this year, some 300 delegates from Sudanese and South Sudanese border communities began a three-day conference in Gok Machar, Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State. Opening the event, Acting Governor Lino Adub Achier stressed the importance of…
Protecting children in UN camps
24 January 2014 - When shooting began in Juba on 15 December 2013, Mary Nyapel was sleeping in her house near the national army’s headquarters in Juba, unaware that the gunfire would change her life. “My husband was killed in front of our children,” said the mother of five, who currently lives in a…
Bentiu a disaster without UNMISS, deputy governor says
24 January 2014 - If there had been no UNMISS in the Unity State capital Bentiu during the recent crisis, it would have been a disaster for the people, Deputy Governor Mabek Lang de Bilkuei said during the visit of a top UNMISS official today. “You have provided protection for our people,” Mr…
UN humanitarian chief arrives in Juba
27 January 2014 - Seeking to draw attention to humanitarian consequences of the South Sudan crisis and mobilize support for much-needed assistance, UN Humanitarian chief Valerie Amos arrived in Juba today. Ms. Amos is expected to meet government officials and humanitarian partners during her three…
Water distribution in Bentiu
The UNMISS Mongolian battalion has been fetching and distributing water to civilians sheltering on the mission’s Bentiu base since 19 December. The battalion is currently hauling 930 tons of water per day. Photo: UNMISS/Anna Adhikari
IGAD to deploy team to monitor cessation of hostilities
27 January 2014 - A monitoring and verification team would soon be on the ground to check implementation of the cessation of hostilities agreement by the government and opposition in South Sudan, regional officials said today. Ambassador Dina Mufti, member of the Inter-Governmental Authority on…