UNMISS News

Aiming to help combat insecurity, community leaders from Bentiu and Rubkona towns today met with internally displaced people’s (IDPs) leaders from the UNMISS protection of civilians (PoC) site in Bentiu. Following the first…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has officially handed over Bor Youth Resource Centre to the Bor County authorities and the Youth Leadership on Friday 19 February 2016. The Bor Youth Resource Centre was…

A delegation from the United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department for International Development (DFID) visited Bentiu, to better understand situations for humanitarian funding and support…

Freedom of movement has been increasingly restricted in a South Sudanese village as the community is grappling with a range of security problems. Local leaders of Kudwo Boma, a village 25 kilometers southeast of Juba, cited…

Establishing an improved security environment that will ensure safe return of IDPs, South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) completed the Confidence and Trust Building Policing Strategy (CTBPS) training course for…

As soon as the starting whistle blew, 12 women crashed into me, one after the other, hitting as hard has any man ever could. When all of the the runner’s finally passed I could see 50 women tearing off into the distance down…

The Ministry of Education with the support of UNICEF, launched a “Back to Learning Campaign” in Bentiu targeting the enrollment of 5,500 school age children. Speaking during the launch, deputy top authority in Unity, John…

- On two separate missions, the UNMISS Civil Affairs Division visited the Gony and Thuyc communities in Rumbek East. The purpose of the visits was to initiate a peace process between the conflicting communities. The two…

People have been putting their lives at risk on their long way to Bentiu especially women and children, says Angelina Nyagei, a resident of Mankien, Mayom County. She said “We will go to Bentiu to access aid and we will not…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, Ms. Ellen Margrethe Loj, on a visit to Bor alongside the UNMISS Police Commissioner Mr. Fredrick Yiga, UNMISS…

Strengthening the capacity of traditional leaders in conflict management is necessary to promote social cohesion and create an environment conducive for peaceful co-existence, an UNMISS Civil Affairs official said. Speaking…

Youth groups from the five payams of Yambio attended a three day training on good governance and conflict resolution designed to equip them with the skills to manage conflict in the community. The workshop was organized by…