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Floods hampering UNMAS demining work in Jonglei State’s Pigi County
Build trust and cooperation through friendly dialogue, says new UNMISS Police Commissioner
UNMISS peacekeepers teach Wau women money-making patterns
UNMISS to look into potential dialogue to end worsening Eastern Equatorian intercommunal violence
A hundred days of (still ongoing) work: What UNMISS peacekeepers are doing to save Unity people...
UNMISS peacekeepers tackle old foe malaria in Eastern Equatoria as global spotlight remains on...
UNMISS conducts week-long Patrol to Tonj North to help enable peaceful cattle migration
UNMISS support Eastern Equatoria communities to revitalize resolutions of cattle migration peace...
Handover of agricultural equipment prompts call for increased farming in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal
Cross border conference promotes peaceful coexistence between pastoralists and host communities in...

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Build trust and cooperation through friendly dialogue, says new UNMISS Police Commissioner

“Just do it,” her husband and three grown-up children said.

14 Jan 2022

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Floods hampering UNMAS demining work in Jonglei State’s Pigi County

Residents in Pigi County, on the Jonglei State side of the river border with Upper Nile State, need to tread carefully.

17 Jan 2022

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A hundred days of (still ongoing) work: What UNMISS peacekeepers are doing to save Unity people from floods

When the going gets tough, the Pakistani peacekeepers based in Unity State and serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan aren’t ones to shy away.

07 Jan 2022

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UNMISS to look into potential dialogue to end worsening Eastern Equatorian intercommunal violence

Since intercommunal relations in and around Loguruny village in Eastern Equatoria State appear to be deteriorating, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan will call on local partners to jointly organize a dialogue between the parties involved in re

10 Jan 2022

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UNMISS peacekeepers teach Wau women money-making patterns

“I used to sell veggies in the market, but it did not pay well,” says Lucia Richard Ujang, a 35-year-old widow and a mother of three children. “Today I have been awarded a sewing machine for best performance during the training”.

11 Jan 2022

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UNMISS peacekeepers tackle old foe malaria in Eastern Equatoria as global spotlight remains on Covid-19

When new health threats, like the Covid-19 pandemic, appear on the scene and steal the limelight, old foes do not necessarily go away. Instead, they go about their usual business quietly, much to the dismay of those affected.

05 Jan 2022

Floods hampering UNMAS demining work in Jonglei State’s Pigi County

Residents in Pigi County, on the Jonglei State side of the river border with Upper Nile State, need to tread carefully.

17 Jan 2022

Build trust and cooperation through friendly dialogue, says new UNMISS Police Commissioner

“Just do it,” her husband and three grown-up children said.

14 Jan 2022

UNMISS peacekeepers teach Wau women money-making patterns

11 Jan 2022

UNMISS to look into potential dialogue to end worsening Eastern Equatorian intercommunal violence

10 Jan 2022

Partner in Peace

Nicholas Haysom South Sudan UNMISS Peace

“Peace doesn’t just happen. It cannot be wished or willed into existence. It has to be made, it has to be fought for, it needs its own warriors,” stated Nicholas Haysom, the UN’s top envoy in South Sudan at the launch of a new initiative to push the stagnating peace process forward.

The UNMISS Peace Fellows Program is a joint undertaking between the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. This forward-looking project has one main aim: Galvanizing citizens, especially young people across the nation, to breathe fresh life into the quest for a durable peace through active participation and leadership.

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