SRSG visits Bentiu
Armed Personnel Carrier being loaded onto Mi27 cargo helicopter in Bentiu, Unity State, for transport south to Nasir to assist in protecting civilians. Photo: UNMISS/Julio Brathwaite
New school for Kampuri
Soldier from UNMISS Rwandan Battalion, which is working with local community to construct new primary school at Kampuri, Juba. Photo: UNMISS/JC Mcilwaine
Ban urges world leaders to act against security threats
16 September 2014 - Just days ahead of the opening of this year’s General Assembly session, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on world leaders to act against serious threats to global and regional peace in several…
Aweil Secondary School wins UNMISS volleyball match
18 September 2014 - As part of efforts to prevent conflicts in communities, UNMISS in collaboration with the State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology organized a volleyball competition between Aweil National and…
South Sudan can recover and develop, says peace director
20 September 2014 - The South Sudanese people desperately yearned for peace and development, but their hopes had been dashed by the current conflict, a top academic said in Juba today. Speaking at celebrations marking…
UNMISS Bentiu displaced learn to avoid conflict
20 September 2014 - To educate displaced people about ensuring peace and avoiding conflict, UNMISS held a workshop today at its protection area in the Unity State capital Bentiu. Commemorating International Day of Peace (21…
IDP women in Juba learn to make handicrafts
24 September 2014 - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) at an UNMISS protection site in Juba are using polythene bags to make handicrafts and earn their livings, thanks to an initiative of UN Police (UNPOL). During a recent…
Bentiu celebrates International Day of Peace
21 September 2014 - The crisis in South Sudan was denying people their rights to peace, education and healthy living conditions, UNMISS State Coordinator Mary Cummins told displaced persons today in the Unity State capital…
Peacekeeper with children at UNMISS base in Wau
UNMISS peacekeeper and children at mission’s base in Wau, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State. Photo: UNMISS / JC McIlwaine
Rights violations in South Sudan reduced, but number of displaced rising
24 September 2014 - Gross human rights violations committed by parties to the South Sudanese conflict had declined but the number of civilians forced to flee violence now neared two 2 million, a top UN official said in Geneva…
Ban blames South Sudan’s crisis on country’s leaders
25 September 2014 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today blamed the dire humanitarian situation in South Sudan on the country’s leaders, telling them to repair the damage.“You opened the wounds that have caused so much…
South Sudanese displaced by Kajo-Keji conflict receive aid items
25 September 2014 - Assisting South Sudanese uprooted by communal violence which started on 15 September at the country’s border with Uganda, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) began distributing relief items this week. The…