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Meanwhile, the Uganda Joint Christian Council plans to write a joint statement addressing the leadership in Juba appealing for peace. Bishop Onono Onweng says at the heart of this statement to be released later this week is a…
Bentiu hospital has received a new water system from UN Childrens’ Organsation UNICEF. The water pump produces 162-thousand litres of water a day, serving the hospital’s wards and outpatient facility. The water system in…
“We need water and food, why don’t you give it to us?”, an angry and visibly shocked young man asks me as he and maybe a hundred other people hunker down behind stone walls outside an office complex at UN House in Juba. His…
An investigative assessment team, led by Dr. Riak Gal Kok, Minister of Health of South Sudan, was dispatched to Wau by the Republican Order to assess the situation on the ground in the aftermath of deadly clashes during the…
The UNMISS Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Johnson Ondieki, hailed the Ethiopian contingent’s continued contribution to Peacekeeping Operations in South Sudan during a medal ceremony in Bor. “Since your deployment to South Sudan…
The two rival Kook sections of Panawac and Pacong of Rumbek East signed a final peace agreement with the support from UNMISS’ Civil Affairs Division on Tuesday afternoon in the presence of Governor Mr. Abraham Makoi Bol Kodi…
Sometimes a human life depends on having the right person, in the right place, at the right time. Yngve Wiik, Chief Superintendent of Norwegian Police, an officer with sixteen years of police experience, started his…
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan handed over a four-classroom block constructed at Sunrise Nursery and Primary School to the community of Naagori in Yambio County. The facility, worth fifty thousand US dollars, is a…
The UNMISS Human Rights Division in collaboration with the Jonglei State Ministry of Education, Gender and Social welfare concluded a workshop on the elimination of sexual violence in conflict. About 26 participants most of…
Approximately 40 participants attended 3 days of training on transitional justice and peace and reconciliation in the Bentiu PoC site. The participants were traditional leaders, representatives of women’s and youth groups and…
While the world eagerly awaits the start of the Olympics later this year, for the children at Bor Girls’ school, there is a much more exciting sporting activity: the first girls’ football class in Bor. While to many, the…
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan and its partners today celebrated the first ‘International Day on the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict’, in Juba. Speaking during the occasion, the UNMISS Deputy Special…