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5 June 2015 - As heavy rains and flooding threaten Protection of Civilians (PoC) areas at UNMISS Bentiu, Unity State, displaced people are being relocated to a larger site with better drainage. Since the exercise began on 29…
Child at Juba Protection of Civilians site during UN Police search for weapons and prohibited items on 3 June. Photo: UNMISS/Ilya Medvedev
3 June 2015 - Targeting 40,000 children in need of schooling, Western Equatoria State today kicked off the national “back to learning” campaign in the capital Yambio. Launching the activity, Governor Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro…
1 June 2015 - A new UNMISS-constructed community center in Western Equatoria State’s Nagero County would greatly assist in promoting peace and culture, a senior government official said today during the handover ceremony…
31 May – Flags were raised, wreaths were laid and tributes were paid to fallen and serving peacekeepers as UNMISS commemorated International Day of UN Peacekeepers (29 May) across the country. The one exception was Upper Nile…
29 May 2015 -- Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and head of UNMISS Ellen Margrethe Loej today paid tribute to UNMISS colleagues who passed away in 2014 during a ceremony at the mission’s Juba…
26 May 2015 – The first ever Chinese Peacekeeping Infantry Battalion to be deployed in a peacekeeping mission inaugurated its headquarters today at the UNMISS UN House compound in Juba.The battalion arrived to South Sudan in…
23 May 2015 – During her visit to Bentiu, UNMISS Chief, Ellen Margrethe Løj, appealed to the Unity State Government for full cooperation with UNMISS and humanitarian agencies to reach vulnerable people in villages. “Unless we…
Newly arrived civilians seeking refuge at UNMISS protection site in Melut, Upper Nile State. Photo: UNMISS/UN Military
21 May 2015 - A newly constructed security fence at Juba River Port will play a key role in facilitating humanitarian assistance, UNMISS Japanese Engineering contingent commander Col. Nishimur Osamu said in the national…
19 May 2015 - As part of continued efforts to achieve peace, it is vital for local authorities to ensure that abducted children and women as well as raided cattle are returned to their families and owners, the Greater Pibor…
20 May 2015 - UNMISS Police Commissioner Fred Yiga today visited the Western Equatoria State capital Yambio, on his last leg of a trip to three states in South Sudan. Mr. Yiga had on earlier visited the Warrap State capital…