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Some 371 South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) immigration officers – 41 women and 330 men -- graduated on 21 May in a ceremony at Juba Stadium. They were the first batch of SSNPS immigration officers and second group of police to graduate from Dr. Garang College. Photo: UNMISS/Felix Leju
4 April 2013 - Conflicting communities in Jonglei State were using children as weapons of war and triggering further violence, an UNMISS official said today in the state capital Bor.
1 April 2013 - Concluding a peace conference in Rumbek today, members of the Kuei and Rup communities agreed to pay compensation for lives lost on both sides in fighting between rival youths.
31 March 2013 – A fire broke out in Rumbek Market today, destroying property worth an estimated 200,000 Sudanese pounds before UNMISS brought it under control.
28 March 2013 - As attacks from armed militia groups in Jonglei State have intensified in recent months, UNMISS bases in Pibor and Gumuruk have sheltered thousands of civilians.
UNMISS is deeply concerned by the deteriorating situation in Pibor Town - 14 May 2013
"Humanitarian action essential in Jonglei" Toby Lanzer, Humanitarian Coordinator - 6 May 2013
Full coverage of the 9 April attack on the convoy traveling between Bor and Gumuruk in Jonglei State.
UNMISS and Jonglei page
Sheltering civilians in Jonglei photos (pdf)
Sheltering civilians from conflict in Jonglei
Transforming South Sudan’s prisons
Fitting back into the community