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UNMISS PoC sites Update No.188

Nepalese peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have conducted two medical camps, in Cueibet and Bunagok in the Greater Lakes area. In total, some 400 persons, suffering from a wide range of medical conditions, were treated. As part of the peacekeeping mission’s civilian…

The community of Gok in the Greater Lakes area has decided to urge its civilian residents to unconditionally hand over their guns to help ensure durable peace prevails in the region. The decision was one of the outcomes at a dialogue intended to sensitize communities about the current state of…

A group of actors who have experienced trauma because of ongoing violence in South Sudan are using their dramatic skills to explain the role of the United Nations Mission in the country to other internally displaced people living in protected sites. The Bomduong Kon Drama Group is made up of…

A new “light” peacekeeping presence is being deployed to the remote town of Akobo in the north-east of South Sudan to protect civilians and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to people in need. The town is deep in Opposition-held territory in a country that has been torn apart by violence…

Near Verbatim Transcript of Media Briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan Mr. David Shearer

Members of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) have renewed their commitment to protect vulnerable children in South Sudan. In a two-day workshop organised by UNMISS’ Child Protection Unit in Kuajok in the Warrap region, 100 uniformed personnel from the SPLA Lion Division Brigade received…

After fleeing violence and spending years sheltering in a United Nations protection camp, Nyapac Orach never imagined that she would graduate with the skills to provide a better future for herself and her family. The South Sudanese woman who lives at the Protection of Civilians site next to the UN…

With graffiti marking its historic walls and large cracks splitting the cement floor, the pillars of the B’Court facility can hardly hold the weight of its iron-sheeted roof, the building verges on collapse. The facility in the center of Torit town in the eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan was…

They clapped. They danced. They sang. They celebrated in their hundreds at the opening of a new permanent United Nations peacekeeping base in the South Sudanese town of Yei. The people of Yei had asked for UN troops to be sent to the area to help protect them from the impact of ongoing violence…

Vulnerable civilians living at the United Nations protection site in the South Sudanese town of Bor have received a gift of gardening equipment from Nepalese police officers to help them plant crops during the dry season. The Nepalese police unit serving with the United Nations Mission in South…

“She was only nine years old.” “Raped! Raped by a 30-something year old man. This man is HIV positive.” Jacqueline Bullen Gaga, a police officer from the South Sudan National Police (SSNP) in Juba, recounts details of an investigation she is leading. South Sudan has been suffering ongoing conflict…