UNMISS joins Kapuri community in school cleaning exercise.
UNMISS joins Kapuri community in school cleaning exercise
With pangas, slashers, hoes and grass-cutting machines, a team comprising of Kapuri area residents, students of Kapuri primary school, UNMISS Rwandan Contingent, as well as members of the local population today (Saturday 28…
On behalf of the UNMISS Japanese Engineering contingent, Hiroyuki Saito, head of the Communications and Public Information Section's Outreach Unit, receives a certificate of appreciation from the Juba University Students' Union.
UNMISS receives certificate of appreciation from the Juba University Students’ Union
The Juba University Students’ Union has awarded the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) a certificate of appreciation at a ceremony that took place on 28 January. The event was organized to welcome more than 4,000…
Joint Press Statement by the AU, IGAD and the UN Consultations on South Sudan 29 January 2017
Joint press statement by the AU, IGAD and the UN - Consultations on South Sudan
The African Union (AU), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and the United Nations (UN) held a joint consultative meeting on South Sudan on January 29, 2017 on the margins of the African Union 28 th…
Statement on Malakal Attributable to the Office of the Spokesperson, UNMISS Juba, 29 January, 2017
Statement on Malakal Attributable to the Office of the Spokesperson, UNMISS Juba, 29 January, 2017
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) remains deeply concerned about the outbreak of fighting between the SPLA and SPLA in Opposition in and around Malakal town, including intermittent shelling that has been…
Secretary-General’s remarks to the African Union Summit [as delivered]
Secretary-General’s remarks to the African Union Summit [as delivered]
Your Excellency Mr. Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad and Chairperson of the African Union, Your Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Excellencies, All protocol…
New UNMISS chief visited Rumbek on his first field trip outside Juba.
Hopes for UNMISS success in Rumbek to be replicated across South Sudan
The new head of the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, has said that he is keen to find out the “secret ingredient” of the success the mission is enjoying in Rumbek, in Western Lakes State. Mr…
A community meeting in Citchok County in Gok State organized by UNMISS on 30 January.
Citchok community contributes 1.4 million SSP to construct feeder roads
The community of Citchok County of Gok State has mobilized 1.4 million SSP to pave feeder roads linking their new county to Cueibet town, the state capital. Members of the community have donated cows and money to build the…
UNMISS chief David Shearer on a walk through the Wau Protection of Civilians site.
Wau government assures UN Special Representative of unhindered movement and humanitarian access
David Shearer, new head of UNMISS, today visited Wau and its UNMISS Protection of Civilians site as part of his first countrywide tour since taking office on 20 January. During talks with the Wau Governor, Brigadier General…
UNMISS chief David Shearer.
Press release: UNMISS “committed to creating conditions of peace and security”
The newly arrived head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, has said that the mission is “committed to helping the South Sudanese create the conditions of peace and security,” that internally displaced…
They need peace to go home. More than 41,000 internally displaced persons live in Wau. Archive photo, July 2016.
IDP in Wau: “Bring peace so I can go home”
“Bring peace so I can go home;” those are the words of 48 year old Hajat Karama who was forced to flee her home in the village of Busari in June last year due to insecurity and fear. “There was fighting between government…
Photo from a ceremony in remembrance of the at least partly hate speech-fueled Rwandan genocide. (Angelina Daniel, the social campaigner speaking in text and audio below, is not in the photo).
Women’s activist: Hate speech can destroy this country
“Hate speech has the potential to instill long term hatred in society,” warns Angelina Daniel, a South Sudanese women’s activist and civil society campaigner. Angelina says words that attack a person or group based on their…
The UNMISS peacekeepers in the photo, taken in Rajaf in September 2015, did NOT participate in the WFP and World Vision training on basic urban farming.
WFP and World Vision partner to tackle food insecurity in urban Juba
With reports of food shortages and looming hunger coming in from different parts of the country, the World Food Programme (WFP) and World Vision International have come up with a training programme to address the issue in…