UNMISS hands over school building to Wau municipality
31 March 2015 - Wau municipality in Western Bahr El-Ghazal State today has received a school building, handed over by UNMISS as one of the mission’s Quick Impact Projects (QIPs). The QIP was implemented by the mission’s…
Food coming through Sudan helping hundreds of thousands
8 April 2015 - More than 250,000 South Sudanese affected by conflict are receiving life-saving food transported through Sudan, according to a joint statement issued today by the World Food Programme (WFP) and partners. The…
Children immunized against measles in Bentiu
9 April 2015 - Due to an outbreak of measles at the Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Bentiu, Unity State, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) have begun immunizing children in the camp. The immunization, which…
Education needs peace, UNICEF Ambassador says in Yambio
8 April 2015 - Education for children in South Sudan would greatly improve if the country ended its conflict, UNICEF’s Ambassador in Japan said today in Yambio, Western Equatoria State. Visiting the area to assess education…
Commemoration of Rwandan genocide
Lighting candles at UNMISS Juba to commemorate 21st anniverary of Rwandan genicide against Tutsi. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
British Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules
British Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules, which has assisted UNMISS in moving about 20 tons of cargo a day between Entebbe, Juba and Malakal, Upper Nile State, over the last two weeks. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
International Day for Mine Action
Reading educational material at event in Juba celebrating International Day For Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
UNMISS accommodating 4,500 new IDPs in Malakal
10 April 2015 - Following recent conflict in the area, UNMISS in Malakal, Upper Nile State, has received an influx of 4,500 people at its Protection of Civilians (PoC) site. The new internally displaced persons (IDPs)…
Chinese Battlion builds accomodation at UNMISS base
Chinese peacekeeper during building of accommodation at UNMISS base in Juba for newly-arrived 700-member battalion. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
Deputy SRSG Soumaré Visits Malakal
Juba, 14 April 2015 - The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (DSRSG) for South Sudan (Political) Moustapha Soumaré visited Malakal today on his first trip to an UNMISS state office since he took up his…
Unity moves government temporarily to Mayom
15 April 2015 - Unity State’s government is temporarily transferring its capital to Mayom County due to increased insecurity in Bentiu. Several government officials have already moved to Mankien in Mayom County, some 100…
Senior UNMISS official visits Malakal
14 April 2015 - To acquaint himself with the overall situation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Malakal, the mission’s new deputy chief, Moustapha Soumare, visited the Upper Nile State capital today.Mr. Soumare, who…