Thousands more civilians arrive at Malakal protection site
6 August 2015 - More than 6,000 civilians have fled their homes in areas around Wau Chollo (Shilluk) district to the UNMISS protection site in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal in recent days.According to the newly arrived internally displaced people (IDPs), they were forced to move to seek…
Children in Juba protection site learn about safe environments
Children in UNMISS protection site listening to UN Police advisors during awareness programme on how to create a safer environment in the area. Photo: UNMISS / Ilya Medvedev
UNMISS SRSG Ellen Margrethe Loej visits Kuajok
Juba, 11 August 2015 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj, visited Kuajok, the capital of Warrap State, today. The visit was part of an effort to obtain firsthand knowledge of the…
Peace needed to tackle challenges in Warrap, SRSG says
11 August 2015 - South Sudan needed peace sooner rather than later if the young nation was to address development and other pressing challenges, UNMISS’ top official in the country said today in Warrap State. Speaking to the press in the capital Kuajok, UNMISS chief and Special Representative of the…
Torit primary students learn crime prevention
8 August 2015 - To educate upper class primary students in preventing crime, UN Police today carried out a three-hour awareness session in Torit, Eastern Equatoria State. Addressing 93 male and female pupils at Torit East Primary School, UNMISS Community Policing Officer Teddy Kargbo gave examples…
UN, donors inspect humanitarian conditions in Malakal
12 August 2015 - Following the influx of thousands of new displaced persons into the UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Malakal, Upper Nile State, UN and donor officials today assessed humanitarian conditions in the camp. Led by UNMISS Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General…
Juba IDPs celebrate International Youth Day
12 August 2015 - As the future of the nation, youth must voice their concerns and act to better their communities, an official from the non-governmental organization Intersos said today in Juba. “Community should listen to the voice of youth,” said Intersos Education Project Manager Candid Lobes…
Hundreds receive fishing kits in Buaw Payam, Unity
12 August 2015 - In tackling dire food shortages in Buaw Payam of Koch County, Unity State, international agencies today presented some 400 households with fishing kits. The kits were provided by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) with the facilitation of UNMISS’ Relief, Reintegration and…
Malakal IDPs rally for Addis peace agreement
14 August 2015 - Hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) joined a peaceful march today through the Protection of Civilians site in Malakal, Upper Nile State, to support the Addis Ababa peace process. Hailing from different ethnic groups, the IDPs called for lasting peace between the two…
Bentiu IDPs call for peace deal by IGAD deadline
16 August 2015 - Brandishing placards and chanting slogans, internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the UN base in Bentiu, Unity State, today peacefully protested any delay in signing a peace deal. The IDPs called on President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar to sign a peace accord in…
UNMISS and partners relocate new Malakal IDPs
19 August 2015 - UNMISS and humanitarian partners in Malakal, Upper Nile State, have begun relocating more than 10,000 new internally displaced persons (IDPs) to a contingency area at its base. The IDPs, mostly from Panyikang, Fashoda, and Makal counties in Upper Nile, are currently living in…
World Humanitarian Day celebrated in Juba
19 August 2015 - Some 29 aid workers had been killed since South Sudan’s conflict began in 2013 and many more were missing, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country said today in Juba. “As we recall the tragic losses of our colleagues here in South Sudan and around the world, let us…