UNMISS News

Fear of contracting COVID-19, combined with a lack of protective gear, has put an end to patrols conducted by Police Community Relations Committees in Eastern Equatoria State. The resulting void has been filled by robbers…

By foot, by car, and now by tricycle. Whatever it takes to get the message out about how to prevent COVID-19, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan will do it. UNMISS has been conducting a major awareness…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has handed over a new police station to Rubkona County in Unity State. The facility is equipped with an administrative office and separate holding cells for female, male and juvenile…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, represented by its Police Commissioner Unaisi Vuniwaqa, has handed over an assortment of COVID-19 personal protection equipment to the South Sudan National Police Service at its…

By handing over two cars and assisting in creating a dedicated isolation centre for patients with COVID-19, the Kuajok Field Office of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has strengthened the infrastructure of…

To further increase awareness on how to keep communities safe from COVID-19, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has reached an agreement with local authorities in Eastern Equatoria State to borrow one of its…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has embarked on a 14-day-long door-to-door awareness campaign on COVID-19 to reach individual households in Warrap State with messages on how to keep themselves and others…

In a bid to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, police officers based in Rumbek and serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have handed out face masks and soap to South Sudanese colleagues at various…

After months of joint training, more than 5,000 troops from the government, opposition and other allied armed groups gathered at the Alel military training centre in the Upper Nile region are ready to graduate. They will…

“I’m going to protect my community from the spread of COVID-19 by going door to door to raise awareness,” vows James Taban Ben. He is one of 87 youth from Eastern Equatoria who received special training from the United…

Circling above Ras-Olo in the early morning light, those on-board the United Nations helicopter can’t help but notice the huge potential of the land below. It is lush, fertile, and bursting with newly planted crops which are…

The fragile health system across South Sudan is struggling to treat patients with many preventable medical problems let alone to deal with the added burden of COVID-19. In Bor, the lack of functioning medical facilities has…