19 January 2012 - Pibor County Commissioner Joshua Kony today called for the creation of buffer zones along tribal borders in the strife-torn state of Jonglei to facilitate more effective monitoring of the movements of armed…
23 January 2012 –Hilde Johnson, the Secretary-General's Special Representative and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) stressed today that the best way to protect civilians in the strife-torn state of Jonglei is…
18 January 2012 – The commissioner of the Jonglei State county of Akobo told a visiting team of UNMISS staff members today that a comprehensive civilian disarmament campaign can be implemented in the strife-torn state to…
17 January 2012 – At least 50 people died and over 30 were injured during an attack against residents of Duk Padiet village in Jonglei State in the late afternoon of 16 January. Jonglei Governor Kuol Manyang Juuk told…
26 Dec, 2011 - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) today urged the Government of the Republic of South Sudan to take all measures necessary to protect civilians in Jonglei state.
5 January 2012 – Upper Nile University reopened its doors today for the first time in nearly a year. Approximately 5,000 students are expected to register at the university's campuses in Malakal and Renk later this month and…
5 January 2012 – Hundreds of displaced residents from Jonglei State's Pibor County have begun returning to their villages, according to reports from a joint UN humanitarian assessment mission that visited the area today…
19 December 2011 - A German governmental agency handed over a project to build housing for UN staff to UNMISS in a formal ceremony today in South Sudan's capital of Juba. The German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)…
29 December 2011 – To boost anti-landmine efforts in South Sudan, the outgoing UNMISS Cambodian Military Demining Platoon today handed over 15 tonnes of explosives and equipment to the UN Mine Action Coordination Centre…
22 December 2011 - To improve nutritional standards for inmates in Western Equatoria State, UNMISS and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) donated farming equipment, including sickles and hoes, to inmates in the…
27 December 2011 - The biggest threat facing South Sudan's development was ethnic division and inter-communal conflicts, UNMISS head Hilde F. Johnson said in her end of year message. "If everyone puts their community first…