UNMISS National Staff Association supports local orphanage and children’s hospital
UNMISS National Staff Association supports local orphanage and children’s hospital
The National Staff Association of the UN Mission in South Sudan has mobilized a variety of items to support vulnerable children at the Juba Orphanage Home and Al-Shabbah Children’s Hospital in the capital, Juba. Items…
UNMISS partnering for a peaceful New Year
UNMISS partnering for a peaceful New Year
The Outreach team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan went on a special mission to spread end-of-year holiday season greetings to the partners it has worked with to promote peace throughout 2017. With a festively…
UNMISS welcomes signing of cessation of hostilities agreement in South Sudan
UNMISS welcomes signing of cessation of hostilities agreement in South Sudan
22 December 2017 UNMISS welcomes signing of cessation of hostilities agreement in South Sudan The United Nations Mission in South Sudan welcomes the signing of a cessation of hostilities agreement by parties attending the…
UNMISS Quick Impact Project helps boost education in the Gogrial area by gifting a secondary school two new classrooms and an office.
UNMISS Quick Impact Project helps boost education
The gifting of two new classrooms and an office by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to a secondary school in Gogrial will help boost educational opportunities for children in the area. The Quick Impact Project at the…
Tragedy spurs cattle keeper’s passion for peace at migration conference in South Sudan
Tragedy spurs cattle keeper’s passion for peace at migration conference in South Sudan
Bashir Hamid is a cattle keeper from Misseriya, a nomadic community living in the border zone between Sudan and South Sudan. In the dry season, the 56-year-old and his people migrate across the border into Dinka territory of…
Displaced South Sudanese in an UNMISS Protection of Civilians site in Juba celebrate Christmas mass amid fragile hope of peace. Photo: UNMISS/Nektarios Markogiannis
Displaced South Sudanese celebrate joyous Christmas mass amid fragile hope of peace
People who have sought sanctuary in the UN protection site in Juba celebrated Christmas Day both en masse and in style. With previous unfulfilled promises of an end to fighting having been dashed, trust may be hard to come by…
Thousands of revellers in Bor celebrated Christmas with processions both in town and within the UNMISS protection of civilians site.
Revellers in Bor celebrated Christmas with processions
Thousands of people marched in processions to celebrate Christmas in Bor Town and in the UNMISS protection of civilians site in the area. Dressed up and carrying crosses, revellers marched on both the 24 th and the 25 th of…
British peacekeepers train staff to boost service delivery at Bentiu hospital.
British peacekeepers train staff to boost service delivery at Bentiu hospital
Training delivered by UNMISS peacekeepers is helping boost staff capacity and improve service delivery at the Bentiu State Hospital. That’s the positive verdict of Dr David James Wai, a medical officer at the health facility…
New UNMISS Sector East commander Brigadier General Masum shared his optimism about durable peace in 2018 with civilians staying at the Bor protection site.
New UNMISS Sector East commander optimistic about durable peace
The UN Mission in South Sudan has received a new commander, Brigadier General Muhamed Masum of Bangladesh, for its Sector East, based in Bor in Jonglei. Brigadier General Masum was met by UNMISS contingents from Korea…
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.185
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.185
Traditional houses in Gumuruk in the greater Jonglei area. Soon their inhabitants shall enjoy an improved version of the Bor-Pibor road passing by their community.
Local community welcomes rehabilitation of Pibor-Bor road by UN peacekeepers
The community of Gumuruk, along the often impassable road between Bor and Pibor in the Jonglei area, is celebrating: their lifeline is being rehabilitated by the Korean engineering contingent serving with the United Nations…
UNMISS is contributing to the third National Unity Day in Juba by means of its Bangladeshi Engineering Contingent, which is renovating football fields in the capital.
Bangladeshi peacekeepers renovate football fields for third National Unity Day
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan is supporting this year’s annual National Unity Day by renovating four football fields in Juba. Hundreds of youths from across the country will get together for sports and other…