7 May 2015 - To familiarize himself with the situation in Lakes State, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (DSRSG) in South Sudan (Political) Moustapha Soumaré visited the state capital Rumbek today…
6 May 2015- UNMISS today launched a $ 25,000 project to construct an additional two-classroom building for Anzara Primary School in Nimule, Eastern Equatoria State. This follows the completion and handing over of another two…
4 May 2015 - The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child today welcomed South Sudan’s ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The committee also repeated its call for universal ratification of the…
UNMISS integrated team travels to Gun cattle camp in Marial-bek locality in Lakes State for conflict resolution roundtable with local communities. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
30 April 2014 - Following continued violence in parts of Lakes State, UNMISS teams are regularly conducting joint monitoring patrols to verify claims of attacks in local communities. Different factors in the state, however…
28 April 2015 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for South Sudan and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Loej, led a 20-person delegation to Pibor Town today to meet recently…
28 April 2015 - Two rival communities in Bur payam in the Torit County of Eastern Equatoria State recently reached a peace deal that is expected to end two years of conflict that has claimed many lives and posed serious…
24 April 2015 - UNMISS today launched work rehabilitating a primary school in Pariang County, Unity State. The Mongolian peacekeeping battalion in the state will implement the project, which is funded from the Mission’s Quick…