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2 September 2014 - Ellen Margrethe Løj’s appointment as UNMISS chief was a “huge and difficult” challenge, but it was impossible to turn it down because the South Sudanese people fought hard for their independence, the top…
The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Løj, arrived in Juba on 2 September to take up her duties. Photo: UNMISS / JC McIlwaine
UNMISS aircraft crew carrying remains of fallen crew to a memorial service in Juba today. The three crew members died when their helicopter came down near Bentiu, Unity State, on 26 August. Photo: UNMISS/ JC McIlwaine
Mi-18 helicopter contracted by UNMISS. Three flight crew members were killed when one such UNMISS helicopter crashed near Bentiu, Unity State. Photo: UNMISS / Martine Perret
UN Humanitarian Coordinator Toby Lanzer walking through flooded protection site at UNMISS base in Unity State capital Bentiu where more than 40,000 people are seeking shelter. Photo: UNMISS / JC Mcilwaine
An abandoned home near Rumbek Lakes state. A joint UN team recently went on patrol in the area to assess the situation after many people fled from revenge attacks that followed the killing of a paramount chief. Photo: UNMISS…
1 September 2014 - Renowned US actor Forest Whitaker arrived in the Eastern Equatoria State capital Torit today for a five-day peace workshop with youth representatives. The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural…
2 September 2014 - The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Løj, arrived in Juba this morning to take up her duties. “I’m very happy to be…
28 August 2014 - To assist Bor residents in dealing with incessant flooding during the rainy season, UNMISS South Korean engineers recently completed a River Nile embankment project in the Jonglei state capital Bor. Built…
28 August 2014 - Seeking to see firsthand the living conditions of internally displaced people (IDPs) on UN bases, Tone Tinnes, the new Norwegian Ambassador to South Sudan today visited a protection site near UN House in Juba…
29 August 2014 - UNMISS staff today paid their last respects to the three Russian crew members who died when their Mi-8 helicopter came down near the Unity State capital Bentiu on Tuesday. “It is with a deep sense of shared…
28 August 2014 - The United Nations was treating the recent helicopter crash near the Unity State capital Bentiu, which left three Russian crew members dead, as the result of a hostile attack, the acting UNMISS Chief said in…