UNMISS News

Wearing heavy black vests and padding, the female members of the Rwandan Formed Police Unit swelter under the hot Juba sun as they prepare for their entry to the nearby United Nations Protection site. The female officers…

Thousands of IDP’s in Kuda, a village 54 kilometers west of Juba, are appealing for urgent humanitarian assistance - They fled their homes two weeks ago following clashes between government forces and unknown assailants. The…

Participants at a just-concluded two-day workshop have highlighted an urgent need for the prevention and mitigation of Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) in South Sudan, raising concerns over the alarming state of SGBV…

A workshop at the UN base in Malakal has concluded with calls for appropriate measures to be put in place to combat hate speech on various platforms to pave way for peaceful coexistence among the communities in the area and…

Young people in the Gok area of South Sudan believe the recently-signed revitalized peace agreement is a significant step forward in the process of ending violence and the enormous suffering of the country’s people. This…

South Sudan’s revitalized peace agreement has found 140 enthusiastic ambassadors at the University of Juba, following a training workshop that had them mastering the contents of the agreement. “We the citizens of South Sudan…

Civil society in Torit is calling on the government to put the South Sudanese people’s needs at the forefront of the new peace deal signed in Addis Ababa just weeks ago. Community leaders had the opportunity to express their…

Silvia Kidon has lived at the Juba orphanage for a decade. Her mother died when she was young and she doesn’t know where her father is. The 19-year-old is one of the casualties of war in conflict-ridden South Sudan where a…

The streets of Malakal town came to a standstill. In scenes that have not been witnessed here before, revered Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) soldiers walked side by side with displaced persons living at the UN mission…

Close to 700 South Sudanese marched through the country’s capital Juba in commemoration of the International Day of Peace, embracing the day’s theme, ‘Peace is a Human Right’. Determined marchers stepped to the beat of…

Abraham Thon stands tall, at slightly over 6 feet, as he works on fixing electrical wiring on a dummy board with several bulbs, sockets and numerous wirings. He is tall enough for those hard-to-reach places. Screw-driver in…

Journalists and activists in Bor are appealing to the government and its security operatives to respect freedom of expression, in line with the country’s transitional constitution and media laws. “We are asking the government…