Terekeka youth learn to identify and handle conflict
12 June 2015 - As society’s most energetic age group as well as its future, youth must learn to identify and cope with conflict, a senior county official said in Terekeka, Central Equatoria State. “The conflict which occurs between one clan and another takes place among you, the youths,” said…
Malakal displaced women get bakery equipment
11 June 2015 - UNMISS today handed over bakery equipment to 38 displaced women at the Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Malakal, Upper Nile State. The bakery equipment was funded by an UNMISS Quick Impact Project (QIP). The QIP project was borne out of discussions among displaced women to stop…
Wau holds two-day “Children Not Soldiers” campaign
12 June 2015 - South Sudanese children had the right to continue their education without being recruited into the army, a senior UNMISS official said today in Wau, Western Bahr El-Ghazal. “Today, seven national security forces are listed for recruitment and use of children in the annual report of…
UNMISS Malakal IDPs call for more protection
11 June 2015 - Speaking with UNMISS leadership, internally displaced persons (IDP) at the mission’s Malakal protection site today called for more security in the camp. “We believe that you are doing your best in providing security for us,” said IDP Security Council Chairman Mathew Chuol Jock . “But…
More than 70,000 people seeking safety in Bentiu
12 June 2015 - The number of people seeking protection at UNMISS Bentiu, Unity State, has risen to more than 70,000, according to a recently released mission report. Some 19,735 people have entered the camp since the end of April, pushing the total number sheltering there up from 52,908 to 72,643 as…
Commemorating the Day of the African Child
South Sudan joins the world today to commemorate the Day of the African Child under the theme, “Right to participate: Let children be seen and heard”. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
South Sudanese refugee influx into Sudan an "emergency", UN says
15 June 2015 - The UN refugee agency reported today that some 14,000 South Sudanese – mainly women and children – fled into Sudan over the weekend, describing the situation as “an emergency within an emergency”. Speaking to the press in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric noted that the new…
South Sudan celebrates African Child Day
16 June 2015 - Different states in South Sudan today joined the global community in commemorating the Day of the African Child, which is observed on 16 June every year.In the Warrap State capital Kuajok, the event was held under a theme, “Eliminate child marriage and end violence against children”.…
Bentiu displaced vaccinated against cholera
16 June 2015 - With the rainy season intensifying and conditions worsening at camps for the displaced, more than 60,000 people at UNMISS Bentiu protection sites have been vaccinated against cholera. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with UNICEF and the World Health…
UN and European Union mobilize $275 million for South Sudan
16 June 2015 - To help tackle the humanitarian impact of crisis in South Sudan, the European Union (EU) and UN today announced that more than $275 million had been pledged to support victims in the country and wider region. The pledges were made during a high-level conference in Geneva, organized by…
UNMISS tackling hygiene challenges in Malakal
17 June 2015 - UNMISS was taking matters of poor hygiene at its protection site in Malakal, Upper Nile, seriously and working quickly to solve the problem, the mission’s top official in the state said today. UNMISS State Coordinator Deborah Schein was responding to concerns raised by displaced women…
Partners airlift survival kits to IDPs in hard-to-reach areas
17 June 2015 - UN agencies and non-governmental organizations in South Sudan recently launched an emergency airlift operation to deliver kits containing live-saving supplies to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in hard-to-reach areas. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced on 16…