Ethiopian battalion conducts patrol in Bentiu
UNMISS Ethiopian peacekeeper helping displaced woman carry firewood load during patrol in Bentiu, Unity State. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
Floods displace thousands in Unity’s Mayom County
29 January 2015 - A joint UNMISS-humanitarian team today visited Mayom County in Unity State to assess security and humanitarian needs of more than 50,000 families displaced by floods in the area.Thousands of people were left homeless and in urgent need of assistance when heavy rains caused the Nam…
Dreams of a safer home
Women and girls trudging under the hot sun with firewood on their heads are common sights along the road running between Bentiu and Rubkona, Unity State. The women, who come from the UNMISS Bentiu Protection of Civilians (PoC) site, face considerable risk fetching the wood from a location far from…
Fishing in Unity
Fishing near Bentiu, Unity State. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
Peace and justice needed to stop impunity, UN official says
3 February 2015 - Peace and justice must reinforce each other to break the cycle of impunity and human rights violations in South Sudan, the UN human rights chief said today in the Unity State capital Bentiu. Rather than following it, justice was needed for sustainable peace, stressed Assistant…
UN rights chief says AU report on violations should be released
5 February 2015 - Rather than delay releasing its report on human rights violations during the South Sudan conflict, the African Union should issue the document “very soon”, a top UN official said today in Juba. The AU Peace and Security Council had announced the report would be deferred due to…
Hope Primary School
Student at Hope Primary School in Juba, where UN Police held a programme focusing on conflict resolution and sporting games on 6 February.
Crime rising at Malakal protection site
9 February 2015 - The number of criminal acts committed at UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Malakal, Upper Nile State, has doubled since last October, according to internally displaced persons (IDPs) sheltering there. “Most of the crimes are theft and organized prostitution,” said IDP…
UN humanitarian chief concludes visit to South Sudan
9 February 2015 - Continued conflict in South Sudan would put the country at risk of losing a generation of children, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos said in Juba today.Ms. Amos was speaking at the end of a three-day trip with UN Educational, Scientific and…
UNMISS Rwandans hand over Kapuri school to government
9 February 2015 - To improve the learning environment at a Central Equatoria State school, the UNMISS Rwandan battalion today handed over newly constructed buildings to the South Sudanese government. During a routine patrol in May 2014, Rwandan soldiers observed pupils at Kapuri Primary School…
Communities hold pre-migration meeting in Aweil East County
10 February 2015 - To boost peaceful co-existence among host and immigrant communities in Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State, representatives of the Dinka Malual and Misseyria tribes today attended a meeting in Warawar town, Aweil East County. Aimed at disseminating the 2015 pre-migration resolutions to…
Kapuri Primary School handover
Students at Rwandan-built Kapuri Primary School near Juba during handover ceremony on 9 February (See story below). Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine