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Displaced families leave protection site to return home to Bentiu
Health experts inform internally displaced people at UNMISS protection site in Malakal how to...
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 270 - 23 March 2020
UNMISS announces travel freeze to support COVID-19 prevention and preparedness
UNMISS staff adapting to COVID-19: breaking habits, keeping a distance, intensified hand washing
UNMISS prepares juvenile detention officers to run first ever reformatory school at Juba
UN takes steps to support coronavirus prevention and preparedness in South Sudan
School activities resume as displaced return to Gunyoro in Eastern Equatoria
Police officers in Eastern Equatoria receive UNMISS-led training on human rights
Ploughing for peace and food security: UNMISS embarks on resettling returnees in Rumbek North area

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Displaced families leave protection site to return home to Bentiu

When civil war erupted in Juba in 2013, Nyapouk Maaliah Mathiang’s husband was among the many people who lost their lives during the battle that raged across the capital city.

27 Mar 2020

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Ploughing for peace and food security: UNMISS embarks on resettling returnees in Rumbek North area

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, has begun a campaign to resettle returnees who were displaced during last year’s intercommunal clashes living in the Rumbek North area.

17 Mar 2020

UN takes steps to support coronavirus prevention and preparedness in South Sudan - 18 March 2020

UN takes steps to support coronavirus prevention and preparedness in South Sudan

18 Mar 2020

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UNMISS staff adapting to COVID-19: breaking habits, keeping a distance, intensified hand washing

For social creatures of habit, it is a big ask to break away from routine behaviour to keep ourselves and others as safe as possible from the invisible threat, the Coronavirus. Yet adapting to an unwanted reality and heeding expert advice is essential.

20 Mar 2020

UNMISS announces travel freeze to support COVID-19 prevention and preparedness.

UNMISS announces travel freeze to support COVID-19 prevention and preparedness

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has put a seven-day freeze on staff travelling into South Sudan as part of the peacekeeping mission’s support for national-led COVID-19 prevention efforts.

23 Mar 2020

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Health experts inform internally displaced people at UNMISS protection site in Malakal how to prevent COVID-19

Health professionals have raised awareness among the leadership of the almost 28,000 internally displaced people staying at the UN protection site in Malakal on how to prevent an outbreak of the pandemic Coronavirus among themselves.

26 Mar 2020

Displaced families leave protection site to return home to Bentiu

When civil war erupted in Juba in 2013, Nyapouk Maaliah Mathiang’s husband was among the many people who lost their lives during the battle that raged across the capital city.

27 Mar 2020