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  • Individuals and institutions in Bor join UNMISS mobile COVID-19 awareness campaign
  • Serving for Peace: Sergeant Almaz Desta, a peacekeeper, a mechanic and a woman
  • UNMISS hands over locally produced masks to Protection of Civilians site in Wau
  • UNMISS supports national efforts to resolve juvenile court cases amidst COVID-19
  • UN Volunteers go beyond the call of duty to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in Malakal
  • UNMISS peacekeeping patrol investigates intercommunal clashes in Jonglei
  • UN peacekeepers in Malakal combine veterinary camp with COVID-19 awareness session
  • Health care deficit causing fresh trauma to sexual violence survivors in South Sudan
  • Survivors of sexual violence in South Sudan struggle to access health care
  • UN Volunteers are “champions” in the fight against COVID-19 in South Sudan
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Individuals and institutions in Bor join UNMISS mobile COVID-19 awareness campaign

After hearing World Health Organization (WHO)-approved preventative measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 being constantly broadcast across Bor town from a promo truck commissioned by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Yonas Meles, a young hotel manager, c

25 May 2020
Serving for Peace: Sergeant Almaz Desta, a peacekeeper, a mechanic and a woman

“I love mechanics,” says Sergeant Almaz Kabtimer Desta from Ethiopia who is currently serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Field Office in Yambio, Western Equatoria.

24 May 2020
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UNMISS hands over locally produced masks to Protection of Civilians site in Wau

As part of its support to the national-led COVID-19 response in South Sudan, the UNMISS Women's Networks led by United Nations Police (UNPOL) deployed to the mission’s Field Office in Wau have hande

23 May 2020
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UN Volunteers go beyond the call of duty to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in Malakal

Catherine Amboga-Rimmele, a Kenyan-born UN Volunteer from Germany, sits in a prefabricated container at the UNMISS Field Office in Malakal, with a cluster of sewing machines for company, as she expertly cuts through reams of fabric in preparation of t

21 May 2020
UNMISS supports national efforts to resolve juvenile court cases amidst COVID-19

Court hearings for more than 118 young people on remand for alleged criminal activity have been completed at the Juvenile Reformatory Centre in Juba.

21 May 2020
UNMISS peacekeeping patrol investigates intercommunal clashes in Jonglei

A patrol of military and civilian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has reached communities in Pieri, in northern Jonglei, who were affected by a series of intercommunal clashes at the weekend.

20 May 2020
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An UNMISS promo truck is going around residential areas and the central business district in Bor broadcasting WHO-approved safety measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 via loudsspeakers.

Individuals and institutions in Bor join UNMISS mobile COVID-19 awareness campaign

After hearing World Health Organization (WHO)-approved preventative measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 being constantly broadcast across Bor town from a promo truck commissioned by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Yonas Meles, a young hotel manager, c

25 May 2020
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Sergeant Almaz Kabtimer Desta from Ethiopia currently serves with the UNMISS Field Office in Yambio, Western Equatoria and is passionate about mechanics.

Serving for Peace: Sergeant Almaz Desta, a peacekeeper, a mechanic and a woman

“I love mechanics,” says Sergeant Almaz Kabtimer Desta from Ethiopia who is currently serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Field Office in Yambio, Western Equatoria.

24 May 2020
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UNPOL officers from the UNMISS Women’s Network in Wau contributed financially and used their own sewing skills to make 250 face masks which they handed over to leaders of the displaced community here.

UNMISS hands over locally produced masks to Protection of Civilians site in Wau

As part of its support to the national-led COVID-19 response in South Sudan, the UNMISS Women's Networks led by United Nations Police (UNPOL) deployed to the mission’s Field Office in Wau have hande

23 May 2020
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Catherine Amboga-Rimmele, a UN Volunteer working with the Civil Affairs Team at the UNMISS Field Office in Malakal started an innovative project to produce face masks with the help of her colleagues from UNMISS as well as humanitarian partners.

UN Volunteers go beyond the call of duty to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in Malakal

Catherine Amboga-Rimmele, a Kenyan-born UN Volunteer from Germany, sits in a prefabricated container at the UNMISS Field Office in Malakal, with a cluster of sewing machines for company, as she expertly cuts through reams of fabric in preparation of t

21 May 2020
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21 May 2020

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20 May 2020

  • UNMISS peacekeeping patrol investigates intercommunal clashes in Jonglei

19 May 2020

  • Survivors of sexual violence in South Sudan struggle to access health care
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Elbow-bumping and announcements of measures to keep COVID-19 at bay marked swearing in of new ministers:

The cabinet of South Sudan’s revitalized transitional government of national unity has been sworn in at the State House in Juba, at a ceremony clearly marked by precautions prompted by the global Covid-19 pandemic. The 35 ministers, eight of whom are women, and ten deputy ministers, made their pledges in the presence of President Salva Kiir, First Vice President Riek Machar and the other four Vice Presidents, but with considerably less fanfare than the swearing in of the transitional presidency.

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UNMISS and the Coronavirus: Everyone pulling together to prevent an outbreak

UNMISS continues to collaborate with national authorities and the Agencies, Funds and Programmes to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in South Sudan as it keeps carrying out vital work across the country, including protecting civilians, providing humanitarian and development assistance and supporting peace-building efforts as much as possible despite COVID-19.

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  • Survivors of sexual violence in South Sudan struggle to access health care
  • Survivors of sexual violence in South Sudan struggle to access health care
  • Survivors of sexual violence in South Sudan struggle to access health care
  • Survivors of sexual violence in South Sudan struggle to access health care
  • Peacekeepers from Mongolia serving with UNMISS used their engineering expertise to renovate the Abienmom Hospital
  • Peacekeepers from Mongolia serving with UNMISS used their engineering expertise to renovate the Abienmom Hospital
  • Peacekeepers from Mongolia serving with UNMISS used their engineering expertise to renovate the Abienmom Hospital
  • Peacekeepers from Mongolia serving with UNMISS used their engineering expertise to renovate the Abienmom Hospital
  • Peacekeepers from Mongolia serving with UNMISS used their engineering expertise to renovate the Abienmom Hospital
  • Peacekeepers from Mongolia serving with UNMISS used their engineering expertise to renovate the Abienmom Hospital
  • Peacekeepers from Mongolia serving with UNMISS used their engineering expertise to renovate the Abienmom Hospital
  • Peacekeepers from Mongolia serving with UNMISS used their engineering expertise to renovate the Abienmom Hospital
  • Former Child Soldiers go through a 6 months training programme supported by UNMISS
  • Former Child Soldiers go through a 6 months training programme supported by UNMISS
  • Former Child Soldiers go through a 6 months training programme supported by UNMISS
  • Former Child Soldiers go through a 6 months training programme supported by UNMISS
  • Former Child Soldiers go through a 6 months training programme supported by UNMISS
  • Former Child Soldiers go through a 6 months training programme supported by UNMISS
  • UNMISS and the Coronavirus: Everyone pulling together to prevent an outbreak
  • UNMISS and the Coronavirus: Everyone pulling together to prevent an outbreak

 

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