While the world eagerly awaits the start of the Olympics later this year, for the children at Bor Girls’ school, there is a much more exciting sporting activity: the first girls’ football class in Bor. While to many, the…
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan and its partners today celebrated the first ‘International Day on the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict’, in Juba. Speaking during the occasion, the UNMISS Deputy Special…
Bentiu hospital has received a new water system from UN Childrens’ Organsation UNICEF. The water pump produces 162-thousand litres of water a day, serving the hospital’s wards and outpatient facility. The water system in…
Bentiu hospital has received a new water system from UN Childrens’ Organsation UNICEF. The water pump produces 162-thousand litres of water a day, serving the hospital’s wards and outpatient facility. The water system in…
With support from the Rural Community Action for Peace and Development (RUCAPD) Organization IDP’s in Malakal have started small scale farming for domestic consumption in safe buffer zones. Following the unrest in the PoC…
A UN delegation led by Mr. Eugune Owusu, the UNMISS DSRSG, visited Wau to assess the current situation. The recent fighting in the town led to civilian causalities, property damage as well as displacement of citizens. After…
45 SPLA officers took part in a training worship aimed at sensitizing them against the recruitment of children in their ranks. The UNMISS Child Protection Unit organized the two- day workshop for the SPLA officers from…
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the Islamic Council Worldwide today handed over a solar powered water facility to a community in the Gurei suburb of Nyarkenyi Payam, Juba County. The water project, which started…
Bentiu hospital has received a new water system from UN Childrens’ Organsation UNICEF. The water pump produces 162-thousand litres of water a day, serving the hospital’s wards and outpatient facility. The water system in…
The UNMISS Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Eugene Owusu, and the OIC UNDP Country Director, concluded a one day visit to Bentiu to assess the prevailing humanitarian situation and to chart the way…
The UNMISS Human Rights Division alongside other substantive sections engaged 35 traditional leaders on their role to respect, uphold, and promote human rights in the community. While there, the County Executive Director Mr…
A rapid repartee and succession of words flowed through a packed auditorium to highlight whose responsibility it is to bring peace to South Sudan – the government, police, military, parliamentarians, ministers, international…