UNMISS News

When civil war broke out in South Sudan, thousands of families fled their homes and sought sanctuary at the United Nations base in Wau. Many have lived in the special protection site in the Western Bahr El Ghazal region of…

Animated spectators cheered the players on, in the name of peace, as a tournament that has lit up Yei town for nearly two weeks came to an end on Sunday. “I am so delighted because this game has brought our relatives, friends…

“It was a hard day to describe, as men in uniform surrounded our village in pick-up cars and armoured personnel carriers, shooting everywhere at random. I escaped alone, leaving all my four children behind, two of them…

It is not every day that a bicycle is viewed as an important tool for building peace, but in some remote and hard-to-reach areas of South Sudan, like Lopa, Ikotos, Torit East, Kidepo Valley, Chukudum, Kimotong and Riwoto…

Within the tall walls of a prison fence, they have lived, in their hundreds. They have no clue what goes on around Torit town, because they have not stepped out of the prison in a long time. “Today in Torit State prison, I…

With calm and normalcy slowly returning to many areas following the signing of the revitalized peace agreement in South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, previously displaced citizens are gearing up for returns to their…

A one-day peacebuilding dialogue concluded early this week in Gbudue area’s Bangasu County, bringing together some one hundred members of the James Diko community and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO)…

UNMISS peacekeepers in Wau have been deployed to Kuarjena county to support the government in deescalating the ongoing insecurity caused by clashes between herders from Tonj and the host community in the area. The move was…

Amid the whirlwind, omni-entering dust, the internally displaced persons milling about at the Bentiu UN protection site and the police officers patrolling the area, there is a distinct and rather pleasant whiff in the…

A badminton champion. A talented chef. A first-time parade commander. These men, serving with the Indian Horizontal and Mechanical Engineering Company (HMEC), received medals of honor for their service in the United Nations…

As a team of peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) entered Kajo-Keji town, scenes and smells of burnt houses and bat urine hung heavy in the air. The same could be said of the void left behind…

South Sudan’s army commanders have unveiled a new Action Plan designed to eliminate acts of conflict-related sexual violence which have been committed by parties in country’s protracted conflict. At the launch of the Action…