South Sudan joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Refugee Day on 20 June. According to UN agencies, an estimated half a million people have fled to neighbouring countries since conflict started in December 2013…
22 June 2015 - To raise reproductive health awareness among internally displaced people in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) recently resumed weekly training sessions at…
20 June 2015 - Insecurity in Unity State had become the leading cause for children’s failure to attend school, UNMISS Child Protection Officer Erasmus Migyikra said today in the state capital Bentiu. Mr. Migyikra was speaking…
20 June 2015 - The UNMISS Indian contingent today handed over a newly renovated veterinary clinic to the South Sudanese government in Bor, Jonglei State. Indian peacekeepers initially constructed the clinic in 2012, but it…
19 June 2015 - Aiming to support and protect survivors of gender-based violence, UNMISS handed over a newly-constructed safe house to the Central Equatoria State government in Juba today. “The objective is to ensure that…
18 June 2015 - The top UNICEF official has appealed “in the name of humanity and common decency” for an end to worsening violence against children in South Sudan. “The violence against children in South Sudan has reached a…
18 June 2015 - Continuing to boost educational facilities in South Sudan, UNMISS today handed over a renovated high school in Pariang, Unity State. Pariang Secondary School now has three rehabilitated classrooms and teachers’…
17 June 2015 - UN agencies and non-governmental organizations in South Sudan recently launched an emergency airlift operation to deliver kits containing live-saving supplies to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in hard-to…
17 June 2015 - UNMISS was taking matters of poor hygiene at its protection site in Malakal, Upper Nile, seriously and working quickly to solve the problem, the mission’s top official in the state said today. UNMISS State…
16 June 2015 - To help tackle the humanitarian impact of crisis in South Sudan, the European Union (EU) and UN today announced that more than $275 million had been pledged to support victims in the country and wider region…
16 June 2015 - With the rainy season intensifying and conditions worsening at camps for the displaced, more than 60,000 people at UNMISS Bentiu protection sites have been vaccinated against cholera. The International…
16 June 2015 - Different states in South Sudan today joined the global community in commemorating the Day of the African Child, which is observed on 16 June every year.In the Warrap State capital Kuajok, the event was held…