According to Minister of Defense Angelina Teny, these men and women are ready to graduate and deploy.
Defense Minister declares unified troops at Alel training centre ready to graduate and deploy in Upper Nile
After months of joint training, more than 5,000 troops from the government, opposition and other allied armed groups gathered at the Alel military training centre in the Upper Nile region are ready to graduate. They will…
Statement from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General David Shearer Celebrating South Sudan Independence Day
Today, we join with the people of South Sudan in celebrating the historic moment that their country became the world’s newest nation. On the 9th of July 2011, South Sudan gained independence from Sudan as the outcome of a…
UN police officers based in Rumbek are distributing face masks and soap to their South Sudanese colleagues, while also raising their awareness on COVID-19.
UN police officers in Rumbek distribute face masks and soap to South Sudanese colleagues
In a bid to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, police officers based in Rumbek and serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have handed out face masks and soap to South Sudanese colleagues at various…
UN peacekeepers increasing awareness on COVID-19 in communities in Warrap. Attentive cattle could also benefit from the information.
UNMISS conducts door-to-door COVID-19 awareness campaign in Warrap State
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has embarked on a 14-day-long door-to-door awareness campaign on COVID-19 to reach individual households in Warrap State with messages on how to keep themselves and others…
Many people, some in Eastern Equatoria, still need constant reminders of proper behaviour to prevent COVID-19.
UNMISS strengthens COVID-19 risk communication at and on public gatherings in Eastern Equatoria
To further increase awareness on how to keep communities safe from COVID-19, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has reached an agreement with local authorities in Eastern Equatoria State to borrow one of its…
Comfy beds, plenty of space and solar-powered lights await possible COVID-19 patients at the new isolation centre in Mayen-Gumel, Warrap State.
UNMISS boosts COVID-19 resilience in Warrap by handing over cars and isolation centre
By handing over two cars and assisting in creating a dedicated isolation centre for patients with COVID-19, the Kuajok Field Office of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has strengthened the infrastructure of…
After a donation of an assortment of protective gear against COVID-19, South Sudanese police officers are better placed to keep themselves and those they interact with safe.
UNMISS donates COVID-19 personal protection equipment to South Sudanese police
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, represented by its Police Commissioner Unaisi Vuniwaqa, has handed over an assortment of COVID-19 personal protection equipment to the South Sudan National Police Service at its…
An UNMISS-financed police station being inaugurated in Rubkona County, Unity State.
UNMISS hands over police station in Rubkona County, Unity State
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has handed over a new police station to Rubkona County in Unity State. The facility is equipped with an administrative office and separate holding cells for female, male and juvenile…
The UNMISS COVID-19 communications toolbox is huge. In fact, even a tricycle fits, like here, in rural Western Equatoria.
UNMISS-supported tricycles reach rural communities in Western Equatoria with COVID-19 messages
By foot, by car, and now by tricycle. Whatever it takes to get the message out about how to prevent COVID-19, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan will do it. UNMISS has been conducting a major awareness…
UN police officers are conducting a COVID-19 awareness-raising campaign in Eastern Equatoria.
United Nations in Torit launches COVID-19 campaign to protect community policing members
Fear of contracting COVID-19, combined with a lack of protective gear, has put an end to patrols conducted by Police Community Relations Committees in Eastern Equatoria State. The resulting void has been filled by robbers…
UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana handing over medications for children to a health facility in Aweil East County.
Ghanaian peacekeepers donate medicines for children to Akuem health facility in Aweil East County
Peacekeepers from Ghana serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have made a timely donation of twenty different kinds of medicines for children to the Akuem health facility in Aweil East County. “These drugs…
Internally displaced people at the UN protection site in Bentiu are feeling much safer after the deployment of a joint police force outside its perimeter.
UNMISS supports joint police force deployment to improve safety outside Bentiu protection site
A joint police force has been deployed outside the United Nations Protection of Civilians site in Bentiu to improve security in the wake of violence against displaced people travelling outside the camp. A new police post…