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The UNMISS Civil Affairs Division organized a football match between teachers and students of Ngath Secondary School via the school’s Peace and Human Rights Club. The game drew a huge audience and ended in 1 – 1 draw. The…

In an effort to assist people with special need in Malakal, the Humanitarian Development Consortium Organization (HDCO) handed over ingredients for bread making to caretakers in Malakal town and the PoC site. The project is…

Staff members of the UMISS Rumbek field office have donated furniture and stationary to the Cueibet Secondary school. Speaking during the handover ceremony, Tiir David Tiir, the school’s head-master, thanked the UNMISS for…

Winny Paul has been training intensively in preparation for competing at South Sudan’s first national karate competition held in Juba over the weekend. “Practising karate makes me feel strong in mind and body and is important…

The flow of humanitarian supplies and goods is being expedited by the roadwork conducted by the UNMISS Indian engineering company. Since the beginning of 2017, 270 kilometers of road have become operational in Unity State…

Approximately 200 students at Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology have been trained by UNMISS on gender and HIV awareness. The one-day session, organized by the UNMISS HIV Aids Unit and Gender Unit…

UNMISS Japanese contingent has received a certificate of appreciation for its continuing contribution to building self-defense skills among women in South Sudan. Professor Pauline Elaine Riak, Deputy Vice Chancellor for…

The UNMISS Human Rights Division has trained 43 South Sudan National Police Officers, including five women, on international human rights and humanitarian law, sexual and gender based violence, violations committed against…

(Scroll down for audio version and link to photo gallery) Roaring laughter filled the Nyakuron Cultural Centre to the brim and beyond as the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, organized a Sunday Comedy for Peace…

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was organized on Thursday by the Bentiu-based Mongolian battalion (MONBATT) to mark the opening of the newly renovated Pariang Primary School in Unity state. Local dignitaries and UNMISS…

(Scroll down to listen to a Radio Miraya interview with UNMISS Spokesperson Daniel Dickinson on the same topic) The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has dispatched an integrated patrol to the town of Pajok and surrounding…

Lakes States journalists in a consultative meeting organized by UNMISS Human Rights Division on Thursday denounced unnecessary restrictions on freedom of opinion and expression. Addressing the participants, the Human Rights…