CHF allocates $60 million to kick start aid operations in 2015
18 December 2014 - The UN Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) has allocated $60 million to support aid agencies take maximum advantage of the onset of South Sudan’s dry season, according to a release issue today by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. During the dry season, aid…
UNMISS condemns the continued targeting of civilians in Bentiu
Juba, 19 December 2014 - The Human Rights Division of the UN Mission in South Sudan has issued a report concerning allegations that opposition forces killed at least 11 civilians and committed other serious human rights abuses during an attack in the Unity State capital of Bentiu last October.
Indian patrol in Malakal
UNMISS Indian peacekeeper patrolling in the Upper Nile capital Malakal, the scene of heavy fighting in the South Sudan conflict. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
Indian Hospital in Malakal
Displaced child receiving chest X-ray at UNMISS Indian hospital in the Upper Nile capital Malakal, which treats UN staff as well as people living at the mission’s protection of civilians site. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
UNMISS destroys weapons in Bentiu camps
19 December 2014 - Destroying weapons and ammunition was a symbol of moving from war to peace and conflict to stability, a top UNMISS official in the Unity State capital Bentiu said today. “It would be an assurance for concerned parties that the weapons never be used to commit any acts of violence…
Wau IDPs ask UNMISS for move to safer site
22 December 2014 - Displaced persons in Wau, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State, asked UNMISS today to move them to camps where they felt secure moving outside the Protection of Civilians (POC) site. Speaking after a presentation of the UNMISS mandate at the Wau POC site, participants said they had no…
UNMISS destroys weapons in Wau
23 December 2014 - UNMISS today destroyed weapons confiscated from displaced people seeking shelter in the UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Wau, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State. Lt. Col. Ruben Juma, commanding officer of the Kenyan contingent in Wau, said the 290 items included bullets, army…
UN Police and IDP Community Watch Group
UN Police at Juba Protection of Civilians site meeting with internally displaced persons’ leaders and Community Watch Group, which provides security in camp. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
Aid to be provided for needy outside UNMISS bases, says UN official
24 December 2014 - Humanitarian aid for needy people living outside UNMISS protection areas in Unity State would be strengthened, an official from the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today in the capital Bentiu. Noting that the livelihoods of many people in the…
UNMISS destroys weapons and ammunition in Bor
29 December 2014 - In a continuing effort to keep its protection areas safe, UNMISS today destroyed weapons and ammunition confiscated from internally displaced persons (IDPs) living at its base in Bor, Jonglei State. The weapons included over 100 rounds of ammunition, 20 machetes, 140 military…
Priority must be peace, security and unity, Western Equatoria governor says
30 December 2014 - Peace, security and unity was the government’s priority and should be the focus for all, Western Equatoria Governor Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro said today in the capital Yambio. Opening the state Legislative Assembly for its second session in 2014, Mr. Bakosoro said the state…
Christmas singing
Children from Confident Children out of Conflict orphanage singing at Christmas function in Juba. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine