Captain Shichan Moktan from Nepal, now awarded a UN medal, is serving with UNMISS in Rumbek in Lakes State and leads a female engagement team. Photos: Nina Zubovic Vignjevic/UNMISS
Captain Shichan Moktan from Nepal: “Inspiring other women to pursue their dreams makes my work worthwhile”
‘’I want my son to be proud of me. Whenever I face a difficult situation, I think of him, and that it is important that I make a difference here, to show him that a woman can be whatever she wants to be, and that he should…
There was much rejoicing as two bore holes with accompanying hand pumps were handed over to the local community. Photos: Moses Pasi/UNMISS
UNMISS-funded bore holes expected to end intercommunal hostilities in Kwerjik Luri
CENTRAL EQUATORIA-Water is life, our planet, as we know it, is mostly water and yet there is sometimes a lack of it, causing people to fight over what is available. This is what used to take place between the communities of…
23rd R-JMEC Plenary Meeting UNMISS Statement by Mr. Nicholas Haysom Special Representative of the Secretary-General 21 July 2022 [As Delivered]
RJMEC Interim-Chair, Members of the RJMEC Plenary, Excellencies and distinguished guests: I appreciate the invitation by RJMEC to brief this plenary session today. Since the last RJMEC plenary, I have briefed the United…
Paul Egunsola, UNMISS Chief of Staff, engaging with students in Kuron Peace Village, Eastern Equatoria State. Photos: Samira Y. Salifu/UNMISS
UNMISS Chief of Staff: Benefits of cooperation with UN agencies must be reaped more consistently
Paul Egunsola, Chief of Staff of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, recently concluded a two-day tour of Eastern Equatoria State, where he met with fellow peacekeepers, representatives of UN Agencies, Funds and…
Traffic police in Aweil receiving a refresher on road safety and rules by UN police colleagues. Photos: Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS
UNPOL trains 35 traffic police officers in Aweil on road safety
NORTHERN-BAHR-EL-GHAZAL- Road travel in South Sudan can be adventurous, and not always in the positive, exciting sense of the word. Monitoring the flow of movement are police officers who are not always familiar with traffic…
UNMISS and representatives of the Eastern Equatoria State government engaging with conflict-affected communities in Kapoeta North. Photos: Moses Yakudu/UNMISS
UNMISS and state government conduct fact-finding mission to troubled Kapoeta North
EASTERN EQUATORIA- Recent cattle raids in Kapoeta North County have led to hundreds of deaths and even more people being injured. In response, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the government of Eastern…
VIPs, and a dog, heading to inspect the new school in Gogrial West County as it is handed over by UNMISS. Photos: Zejin Yin/UNMISS
UNMISS hands over primary school and bore holes in Gogrial West
WARRAP- "For nine years, our school was under the trees. But now, with the new classrooms, we will be able to continue classes even when it rains," says Rejina Akieu, a student benefitting from the construction of Rialdit…
UNMISS Statement on Attack on Mayom County in Unity State, South Sudan
Juba, 27 July 2022: The UN Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, condemns the attack on Friday, 22 July, on Mayom County, Unity State, resulting in the death of several people including the Mayom County Commissioner. The rebel…
No more trials will be held under the trees in Magwi County, where UNMISS has funded and handed over a court building. Photos: Moses Yakudu/UNMISS
UNMISS promotes access to justice by constructing court facilities in Magwi County
EASTERN EQUATORIA- Access to justice is key in any democracy, and if the infrastructure of said justice is both functional and easy on the eye, so much the better. Following the recent handing over of a modern, spacious court…
A woman in Bor receives an artificial leg years after she lost her own. The Indian peacekeepers helped many in a similar situation by distributing prosthetic limbs. Photos: Mach Samuel & Gideon Sackitey/UNMISS
UNMISS peacekeepers hand over prosthetic limbs, changing the lives of long-suffering veterans
JONGLEI – There is an abundance of painful statistics to remind us of the long-lasting suffering in the wake of war. Here is another one: an estimated 80,000 people in South Sudan need artificial limbs. In Jonglei State, many…
Internally displaced persons in Twic County are lacking adequate shelter, food and medicines, a recent UNMISS patrol team found. Photos: Zejin Yin/UNMISS
UNMISS follow-up patrol to Twic County assesses security situation, finds safe but precarious conditions
WARRAP- A United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) joint patrol team recently revisited communities in Twic County following spats of insecurity in the area earlier this year. “Since June, the security situation has…
One of the female footballers demonstrating both a new kit and good control of the (also new) ball with her team mates in Wau practicing in the background. Photos: Alahayi Nemaya/UNMISS
Chinese peacekeepers in Wau hand over sports equipment, help breaking stereotypes about girls
WESTERN BAHR-EL-GHAZAL: Sports are important, not least as a way of bringing both athletes and spectators from different towns or countries, and from all walks of life, together. The Chinese engineering troops based in Wau…