UNMISS conducts patrols in Lakes State
20 January 2014 - Aiming to deter violence against civilians, an integrated UNMISS team recently intensified patrols in high tension areas in Lakes State. The team, comprising of military liaison officers and the Nepalese Force Reserve Battalion spent four days in Panawach in Rumbek East County, in…
South Sudan’s future depends on its people, Malakal youth and women say
21 January 2015 - Reconciliation was the only way forward in efforts to end ongoing conflict in South Sudan, women and youth residents of Wau Shilluk said today during a village debate in the locality in Malakal County, Upper Nile State. “The future of this country depends on its people,” said…
Children in Bentiu immunized against polio
22 January 2015 - Thousands of children under the age of 15 years recently received polio vaccination at the UNMISS protection site in the Unity State capital Bentiu. A total of 27,000 children were immunized during the three-day exercise which started on 12 January. This included 1000 children…
Displaced youth in Bentiu trained in conflict mitigation
21 January 2015 - More than 20 youth leaders living at the UNMISS protection site in the Unity State capital Bentiu today received training in conflict mitigation and how to reduce the crimes in the protection sites. The mission’s Civil Affairs Section in the state organized the training in response…
UN Police officer talks to children in protection site
UN Police officer talking to children in UNMISS protection site in Juba. Photo: UNMISS/Ilya Medvedev
Chinese peacekeepers repairing Warrap State road
22 January 2015 - UNMISS Chinese peacekeepers today started rehabilitating a road leading from the Warrap State capital Kuajok to Turalei in Twic County. To repair the 170km road which is always inaccessible during the rainy season, the engineering contingent will work in two phases. The first phase…
UN chief welcomes signing of peace deal by opposition factions
23 January 2015 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the Agreement on the Reunification of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) signed on 21 January by the South Sudanese parties in Arusha, Tanzania. “He calls for its immediate implementation, particularly the recommitment of…
UNMAS to start clearing roads in Bentiu
UN Mine Action Service bulldozer arriving in Unity State capital Bentiu ahead of exercise to verify and clear roads. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
UNMISS trains IDPs’ community watch group
23 January 2015 - To enhance safety mechanisms for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in UNMISS protection sites, UN Police (UNPOL) advisors today completed a training for a community watch group in Juba. The four-day course focused on gender, child protection, rights of women and children, local…
UNMISS conducts roundtable discussions for peace awareness in Lakes State
26 January 2015 - To help prevent inter-communal conflict in Lakes State, UNMISS recently started conducting a series of roundtable dialogues in different areas in the state. The dialogues, organized by the Civil Affairs Section, are aimed at identifying problems between communities and discussing…
UNMISS condemns killing of civilians in ambush in Western Bahr El Ghazal State
Juba, 27 January 2015 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) strongly condemns the killing of eleven civilians, five of them journalists, in a roadside ambush while travelling to Raja in Western Bahr El Ghazal State on Sunday, 25 January 2015.
Armed group to release thousands of children from its ranks - UNICEF
27 January 2015 - UNICEF and partners had secured the release of approximately 3,000 children from the South Sudan Democratic Army (SSDA) Cobra Faction led by David Yau Yau, the UN children’s organization announced in a media note today. Describing it as “one of the largest ever demobilizations of…