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1 June 2015 - A new UNMISS-constructed community center in Western Equatoria State’s Nagero County would greatly assist in promoting peace and culture, a senior government official said today during the handover ceremony…
31 May – Flags were raised, wreaths were laid and tributes were paid to fallen and serving peacekeepers as UNMISS commemorated International Day of UN Peacekeepers (29 May) across the country. The one exception was Upper Nile…
29 May 2015 -- Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and head of UNMISS Ellen Margrethe Loej today paid tribute to UNMISS colleagues who passed away in 2014 during a ceremony at the mission’s Juba…
26 May 2015 – The first ever Chinese Peacekeeping Infantry Battalion to be deployed in a peacekeeping mission inaugurated its headquarters today at the UNMISS UN House compound in Juba.The battalion arrived to South Sudan in…
23 May 2015 – During her visit to Bentiu, UNMISS Chief, Ellen Margrethe Løj, appealed to the Unity State Government for full cooperation with UNMISS and humanitarian agencies to reach vulnerable people in villages. “Unless we…
Newly arrived civilians seeking refuge at UNMISS protection site in Melut, Upper Nile State. Photo: UNMISS/UN Military
21 May 2015 - A newly constructed security fence at Juba River Port will play a key role in facilitating humanitarian assistance, UNMISS Japanese Engineering contingent commander Col. Nishimur Osamu said in the national…
19 May 2015 - As part of continued efforts to achieve peace, it is vital for local authorities to ensure that abducted children and women as well as raided cattle are returned to their families and owners, the Greater Pibor…
20 May 2015 - UNMISS Police Commissioner Fred Yiga today visited the Western Equatoria State capital Yambio, on his last leg of a trip to three states in South Sudan. Mr. Yiga had on earlier visited the Warrap State capital…
UNMISS Indian peacekeepers attending to injured civilian at Mission's base in Melut, Upper Nile State. Photo: UNMISS/UN Military
20 May 2015 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the escalation of hostilities in the past ten days between the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the SPLA in Opposition and their allied forces…
19 May 2015 - Dozens of children have been killed, raped, abducted and recruited in a series of attacks in Unity State over the last two weeks, UNICEF said in a press release today. The UN children’s organization revealed…