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Unnecessarily cute sniffer dogs, interactive demonstrations of mine action work, an exuberant photo exhibition, a Japanese cultural performance and the launch of a catchy mine awareness song. Juba was treated to all of it…

(Scroll down for French version) In today’s world, conflicts are multiplying and increasingly interlinked. Most disturbingly, many warring parties shamelessly target civilians and show a flagrant disregard for international…

An integrated patrol unit of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan – UNMISS has concluded a three - day long duration patrol to Mapuordit, located approximately 76 km from Rumbek, the provincial capital of Lakes in…

The dangers posed by remnants of war to the children of South Sudan, has prompted the United Nations Mine Actions Service - UNMAS to develop specifically targeted Mine risk education interventions. “The problem is quite…

The ongoing conflict in South Sudan is affecting food security in some of the country’s more “stable states,” the head of UN peacekeeping in South Sudan, UNMISS, has said. David Shearer, the UN’s most senior official in the…

A convoy of protection forces from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), together with members of the Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM) has visited the location where six…

Seven-year-old Nancy does not know it yet, but in five or six years’ time she will have to give up her home life and become the property of a family she has never met, all because her mother committed a crime. Two years ago…

Swift, well-coordinated actions by different components of UNMISS saw two separate outbreaks of fire in the Bentiu protection of civilians site being taken care of without any resulting deaths or injuries. The fires…

Ghanaian peacekeeping troops (GHANBATT) serving under the UN Mission in South Sudan are providing desperately needed medical services to the local population in Leer County in Southern Unity state. Health facilities in the…

Over thirty senior military officers from former armed groups in Western Equatoria have attended an UNMISS-led two-day training in Yambio on protection of children and vulnerable groups during armed conflict. Koliab Nahataba…

On Thursday afternoon between 800 and 1,000 civilians ran from Pibor town, seeking shelter at what used to be a protection of civilians (PoC) site next to the UNMISS base. The Mission’s peacekeepers beefed up security to…

More than seventy women from the greater Upper Nile have attended a one-day multi-ethnic women’s dialogue at the UNMISS Malakal base. The group discussed possible approaches to conflict resolution, laying down the foundation…