South Sudan ratifies Convention on the Rights of the Child
4 May 2015 - The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child today welcomed South Sudan’s ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The committee also repeated its call for universal ratification of the Convention, describing ratification as “an important step that brings with it a…
UNMISS hands over classroom blocks in Eastern Equatoria
6 May 2015- UNMISS today launched a $ 25,000 project to construct an additional two-classroom building for Anzara Primary School in Nimule, Eastern Equatoria State. This follows the completion and handing over of another two-classroom block which the Mission had earlier built using funds from its…
DSRSG Soumaré visits Rumbek
7 May 2015 - To familiarize himself with the situation in Lakes State, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (DSRSG) in South Sudan (Political) Moustapha Soumaré visited the state capital Rumbek today. The DSRSG met with Deputy State Governor Santo Domic Chol, who briefed him…
Riot control training in Juba
Nepalese Formed Police Unit demonstrating riot control techniques during training in Juba on 7 May 2015. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
UNMISS statement on the ongoing violence in Unity State
Juba - 11 May 2015 - Since intensified military activities began in Unity State on 20 April, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has grown increasingly concerned about continuing and consistent reports coming from Guit and Koch counties of towns and villages being burned, killings…
UNMISS condemns violence in protection sites in Juba
Juba, 12 May 2015 - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) strongly condemns the fighting that erupted among internally displaced persons (IDPs) last weekend at its protection-of-civilians (PoC) sites in Juba. One person was killed during the violence on Sunday and about 60 more were injured in the…
Japanese Battalion improves drainage near POC3.
UNMISS Japanese battalion troops constructing culverts to create proper drainage ahead of coming rainy season. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
SSNPS officers start trust building workshop
11 May 2015 - To better acquaint themselves with the South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) confidence and trust building policing strategy, members of the force today attended a sensitization workshop. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Central Equatoria State Police Commissioner Major General…
UNMISS Indian peacekeepers extract civilians in Malakal following fighting
UNMISS Indian peacekeepers extracting civilians from Malakal town following recent fighting in Upper Nile State. Photo: UNMISS/UN Military
SRSG Loej briefs UN Security Council
14 May 2015 - The security situation in South Sudan deteriorated further during late April and early May, UNMISS Chief Ellen Loej warned today, as she presented the latest report of the UN Secretary General to the Security Council in New York. “The untold suffering of the people of South Sudan must…
HIV/AIDS counselors receive training in Unity State
14 May 2014 - To enhance their knowledge of modern testing practices, 18 HIV/AIDS counselors today received training at the UNMISS protection site in Bentiu, Unity State. “HIV is real, HIV is here and HIV (will) not only be defeated by me or by these counselors,” said UNMISS HIV Training Officer…
Community leaders in Bentiu protection site trained in conflict mitigation
14 May 2015 - Community leaders at the UNMISS protection site in the Unity State capital Bentiu today completed a three-day training in conflict mitigation. The three-day training, conducted by the Mission’s Civil Affairs Section in the state, targeted 26 leaders at the site where about 53,000…