Six years after UNMISS constructed the local fish market, through its Quick Impact Projects programme, trade is thriving but local business persons are requesting the UN Peacekeeping mission to further rehabilitate the structure. Photo by David Awuou/UNMISS.
While UNMISS support has helped improve livelihoods at Bor fish market, more needs to be done
JONGLEI – The fish trade in Bor, South Sudan, is thriving. Much of it, according to local traders and authorities has to do with the construction of the of the Bor fish market in 2016 by the United Nations Mission in South…
Top UN envoy in South Sudan stresses need for parties to respect the Revitalized Peace Agreement
Juba, 24 March 2022: Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for South Sudan, and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has urged all signatories to the Revitalized Agreement on…
The historic Aweil Rice Scheme will soon get a facelift, thanks to the Food and Agriculture Organization,the African Development Bank and the State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in Northern Bahr El Ghazal, announced UNMISS Deputy Chief Sara Beysolow Nyanti during a recent visit.
UNMISS Deputy Chief and Resident Coordinator announces plans to modernize cultivation scheme in Aweil first launched in 1944
NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL - Peace. Partnerships. Progress. These were the main objectives of the Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative and Resident Coordinator for South Sudan, Sara Beysolow Nyanti’s maiden visit to…
In Pibor, South Korean peacekeepers serving with UNMISS recently handed over an ambulance to Tangajaon Medical Center, giving healthcare and hope a boost. Photo by David Awuou/UNMISS
Health and hope soar following ambulance hand over to Pibor clinic by South Korean peacekeepers
GREATER PIBOR ADMINISTRATIVE AREA – Health is, indeed, wealth as the adage goes. Nobody understands this better than Blue Helmets serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) who have been protecting…
Quick Impact Projects are low-cost interventions by UNMISS that address urgent public needs. In Jonglei, the construction of an office facility for legal professionals by the UN Peacekeeping mission has led to appreciation by all local stakeholders, plus given rule of law a boost. Photo by David Awuou/UNMISS
UNMISS support to human rights monitoring and upholding the justice system in Jonglei receives appreciation
JONGLEI – For the most part legal professionals in Jonglei, have been setting up ad hoc ‘offices’ under trees, to deliver necessary services to community members. However, this changed when the United Nations Mission in South…
Upholding prisoner rights, ensuring cases of sexual-and gender-based violence are dealt with sensitively and the critical role played by police in building trust among the communities they serve - these were only a few issues that two comprehensive workshops facilitated by UNPOL officers serving with UNMISS sought to address. Photo by Nina Zubovic Vignjevic/UNMISS
Police officers in Cuiebet receive UNMISS-led training on human rights and community policing
LAKES – Building capacities among local counterparts is something United Nations Police (UNPOL) officers in South Sudan are passionate about. In Cuiebet, Lakes state, some 50 police officers from the South Sudan National…
Some 5,000 revellers filled Bor's Freedom Square with unbridled joy at a concert promoting and standing up for peace. Photos: Gideon Sackitey and David Awuou/UNMISS
UNMISS concert unites Bor communities to stand up for peace
JONGLEI – With floods and repeated conflict, people in Jonglei have had little to celebrate in past months. All that changed last weekend, though, when some 5,000 ecstatic fans—youth from several different ethnic group…
AUMISS, UNMISS, IGAD, and RJMEC appeal for calm and urge South Sudanese leaders to pursue dialogue and complete implementation of the R-ARCSS
Juba, 1 April 2022: A high-level joint delegation comprising of Special Representative of the Chairperson and Head of the AU Mission in South Sudan, H.E. Amb. Prof. Joram Biswaro, Special Representative of the Secretary…
Political tensions and an influx of returning refugees and internally displaced persons are creating problems in Raja County. UNMISS organized a dialogue to address a multitude of issues. Photo: Dawit K. Tedla/UNMISS
UNMISS addresses intercommunal tensions at dialogue forum in Raja County
WESTERN BAHR-EL-GHAZAL - The return of refugees and internally displaced persons to their homes is a significant peace dividend, but it is one that comes with a challenge: how does one successfully resettle and reintegrate…
From vertical gardens to bolstering security of UNMISS personnel, Indian peacekeepers from the UNMISS Petroleum Platoon have found multiple, innovative ways to upcycle used plastic bottles in an effort to protect civilians as well as Planet Earth. Photo by Isaac Billy/UNMISS
Waste not, want not: Indian peacekeepers tackle plastic pollution through innovative upcycling
JUBA - It’s no secret that single-use plastic accounts for some 40 per cent of the world’s plastic production. The problem: Rapid discarding of plastic in all its forms has increased the planet's total waste at an alarming…
From 28-31 March 2022, partnerships for the people of South Sudan reigned supreme in Malakal, Upper Nile state, as military peacekeepers and UNPOL officers from Rwanda teamed up with doctors from India, plus humanitarian partners to provide free health checks to displaced people living in the UN Protection Site here. Photo by Samuel Adwok/UNMISS.
Partnerships for the people: UNMISS and humanitarians provide free medical checks to displaced community
UPPER NILE - Health awareness—both physical and mental—has become even more important since the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world. Nobody is more aware of the need for every citizen in the world’s youngest country to…
Residents of Yirol east in Lakes, South Sudan, have proved to be true partners at a time of need to displaced people from Panyijir who escaped devastating floods in the Unity region and sought refuge with their kind-hearted neighbours across state lines.
Helping hands: Yirol East residents welcome displaced people in their midst
LAKES – Climate change has hit South Sudan hard. Unrelenting rains last year have destroyed people’s homes, livelihoods, leaving them with nothing but the clothes on their back and bereft of hope. Communities from Panyijir…