Peace conference starts in Greater Tonj, Warrap State
14 November 2014- Residents of Greater Tonj area in Warrap State today started to participate in a peace conference aimed at resolving conflicts and addressing root causes of a decade old crisis. Over 200 delegates from Tonj…
UNMISS, Upper Nile government in efforts to restore peace in protection site
16 November 2014 - Aiming to find peaceful solutions to recent skirmishes at the UNMISS protection site in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal, Deputy State Governor Dau Awer Agany visited the mission’s base. Meeting with…
UNMISS military child protection focal points in training-of-trainers workshop
UNMISS Deputy Force Commander Brig. Gen. Ramesh Kumar Pun addressing mission’s military child protection focal points during training-of-trainers workshop, ahead of Universal Children’s Day on 20 November. Photo: JC McIlwaine
UNHCR starts relocation of South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia
18 November 2014- The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has begun relocating nearly 15,000 South Sudanese refugees who had been stranded for a few months at a way station in western Ethiopia after the refugee camp where they were due…
Chiefs in Aweil call for revival of traditional laws in courts
18 November 2014 - Traditional leaders in Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State today called for the restoration of traditional laws in the courts during the opening of a five-day training workshop in the state capital Aweil. “We…
UK contributes £1.6 million to expand Malakal protection site
18 November 2014 - The United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) today contributed £1.6 million to for expansion of the UNMISS protection site in the Upper Nile state capital Malakal. Making the…
Universal Children's Day
UNMISS peacekeeper playing with children in Juba. 20 November is Universal Children’s Day and this year marks 25 years since UN General Assembly adopted Convention on the Rights of the Child. Photo: UNMISS / JC McIlwaine
IDPs in Malakal learn about new UNMISS Mandate
20 November, 2014 - To enable displaced people at the UN base in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal to understand of the UNMISS mandate, the mission today started a two-day workshop. “Some of you might be wondering what…
SRSG appeals to IDPs to respect protection sites
20 November 2014 - UNMISS is making every effort to uphold the civilian nature of protection site on its bases across the country, the mission’s chief Ellen Loej said in Juba today. In an exclusive interview with Radio Miraya…
UNMISS Police Commissioner briefs Security Council
20 November 2014 - True policing has never been offered to the South Sudanese people in over 50 years, UNMISS Police Commissioner Fred Yiga told the UN Security Council in New York today. “Policing in the country has…
Senior UN relief official completes visit to South Sudan
21 November 2014 - UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Kyung-wha Kang, concluded her three-day mission to South Sudan today, urging the international community to continue providing support to enable…
Greater Tonj peace conference ends in Warrap State
24 November 2014 - A week-long peace conference in the Greater Tonj region, Warrap State, ended recently with participants calling for greater protection of women. The call was one of five resolutions adopted at the end of…