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18 March 2014 - Humanitarian Coordinator Toby Lanzer today handed over a water piping system and community resource centre to county authorities in Yirol, Lakes State. “Such centres can be places where citizens can come…
18 March 2014 - Seeking to reconcile two communities deeply divided by disputes, UNMISS has supported a peace dialogue between the Apuk Juwir and Thony communities in Tonj South County, Warrap State. Aimed at addressing the…
19 March 2014 - The range of death, destruction, gross human rights violations and displacement in South Sudan over such a short period have few precedents, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in his latest report on the…
18 March 2014 - The UN peacekeeping chief today called on South Sudan parties to respect the two-month old cessation of hostilities agreement, amid reports of fighting between government and opposition forces. “The security…
16 March - Recognizing vita needs of displaced people sheltering at the UNMISS base in Bentiu, Unity State, UN agencies distributed non-food items (NFIs) to hundreds of families today. The packages, which included plastic…
15 March 2014 - More than 500 officials and community members met today in Easter Equatoria State over displaced Dinka-Bor from Jonglei State settling with their cattle in Nimule, upsetting local farmers.During the meeting…
UN Police assisting to dismantle displaced people’s tents at UNMISS Juba Tomping base on 17 March for relocation to UN House and better shelter from rains. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy
16 March 2014 - Displaced people living at UNMISS and two other camps in Melut, Upper Nile State, desperately needed food and water, the top humanitarian official in South Sudan said today. “There is not enough food, water or…
17 March 2014 - Its contractor forced to flee when fighting broke out last December in Jonglei State, UNICEF now plans to finish building 10 classrooms for a girls’ school in the capital Bor. “Unfortunately, that project was…
13 March 2014 - To boost trade and encourage community events, UNMISS handed over two cultural centres and a market in a ceremony today in Raja County, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State. The cultural centres are in Raja and Boro…
16 March 2014 - With supplies scarce and security tense in Malakal, Upper Nile State, more than 100 orphans have been relocated from the UN base there to the capital Juba. The 118 children and their caretakers were airlifted…
14 March 2014 - International Women’s Day was a time to take stock of what both sexes could do to achieve women’s rights in terms of peace and development, an UNMISS official said in Juba today. UNMISS Gender Officer Maria…