UN donates essential non-food items to Malakal prisoners
UN donates essential non-food items to Malakal prisoners
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan in cooperation with the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, have donated blankets, mosquito nets and other essential non-food supplies to inmates of the county prison in Malakal in the Upper…
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.188
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.188
Nepalese peacekeepers treat 400 patients in Greater Lakes area
Nepalese peacekeepers treat 400 patients in Greater Lakes area
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…
Gok community to urge unconditional disarmament of civil population
Gok community to urge unconditional disarmament of civil population
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…
Local actors help explain UN mandate to internally displaced South Sudanese people
Local actors help explain UNMISS mandate to internally displaced South Sudanese people
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…
UNMISS announces extension of peacekeeping presence to new locations in South Sudan
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…
Near Verbatim Transcript: 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
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
Children are the seeds of peace not war
Children are the seeds of peace not war
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…
Graduates of training programme look forward to a brighter future in South Sudan
Graduates of training programme look forward to a brighter future in South Sudan
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…
Historic meeting place in Torit to be rescued by UNMISS Quick Impact project
Historic meeting place in Torit to be rescued by UNMISS Quick Impact project
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…
New UN peacekeeping base offers Yei community a path to peace and prosperity
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…
Nepalese peacekeepers donate gardening equipment to vulnerable South Sudanese
Nepalese peacekeepers donate gardening equipment to vulnerable South Sudanese
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…