Juba, 17 September 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Hilde F. Johnson, and H.E. President Salva Kiir Mayardit, along with the…
17 September 2013 - In line with South Sudan's plan to transform its prisons into rehabilitation centres, UNMISS is providing skills training to inmates of Tibek Prison in the Jonglei State capital Bor. The mission's…
14 September 2013 - Persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have the same rights as everyone else to freedom of movement and freedom from arbitrary detention, an UNMISS official said in Warrap State capital…
Peacekeepers from the Mongolian Battalion of UNMISS escorting a vessel carrying 182 refugees from Sudan that had become stuck in the Bahr El-Ghazal River. The refugees were being relocated by UNHCR from Upper Nile State to…
10 September 2013 -- The South Sudan Commission for Refugee Affairs (CRA) and UNHCR have begun the relocation of Sudanese refugees from Upper Nile State to Ajuong Thok in Unity State. The first group of 182 refugees left the…
Chinese Engineers repairing the main road that connects Northern Bahr El-Ghazal state capital Aweil and Western Bahr El-Ghazal state capital Wau, after it was severely damaged by floods. UNMISS is assisting local authorities…
11 September 2013 - To increase awareness of the mandate of UNMISS, the Mission's office in Upper Nile State organized a one-day forum for local journalists and communications officers in the state capital Malakal today…
11 September 2013 – About 2,000 local residents of Panyijar County in Unity State attended a peace rally today to strengthen peaceful co-existence between them and nearby communities. The mass meeting was organized in…
10 September 2013 - UNMISS staff in Warrap State today donated various food items to residents of Mayen Gumel village in state capital Kuajok who were affected by recent floods. Led by the mission's acting State Coordinator…
10 September 2013 - Supporting local pastoral communities in Jonglei State to control the spread of diseases among their livestock, UNMISS Indian Battalion veterinary doctors are conducting animal treatment camps in the state…
9 September 2013 - UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and UN Police (UNPOL) launched an eight-week course on Conventional Munitions Disposal for South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) officers in Rajaf today. Twenty-four…
UNMISS peacekeepers donating blackboards and other stationery items to students and teachers of a school in Gumuruk, Jonglei State. On the eve of International Literacy Day, which is commemorated on 8 September, peacekeepers…