15 March 2014 - More than 500 officials and community members met today in Easter Equatoria State over displaced Dinka-Bor from Jonglei State settling with their cattle in Nimule, upsetting local farmers.During the meeting…
UN Police assisting to dismantle displaced people’s tents at UNMISS Juba Tomping base on 17 March for relocation to UN House and better shelter from rains. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy
16 March 2014 - Displaced people living at UNMISS and two other camps in Melut, Upper Nile State, desperately needed food and water, the top humanitarian official in South Sudan said today. “There is not enough food, water or…
17 March 2014 - Its contractor forced to flee when fighting broke out last December in Jonglei State, UNICEF now plans to finish building 10 classrooms for a girls’ school in the capital Bor. “Unfortunately, that project was…
13 March 2014 - To boost trade and encourage community events, UNMISS handed over two cultural centres and a market in a ceremony today in Raja County, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State. The cultural centres are in Raja and Boro…
16 March 2014 - With supplies scarce and security tense in Malakal, Upper Nile State, more than 100 orphans have been relocated from the UN base there to the capital Juba. The 118 children and their caretakers were airlifted…
14 March 2014 - International Women’s Day was a time to take stock of what both sexes could do to achieve women’s rights in terms of peace and development, an UNMISS official said in Juba today. UNMISS Gender Officer Maria…
14 March 2014 - The Japanese government has donated $2.5 million to a special UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) project tackling unexploded hazards in South Sudan, the two organizations said in a recent statement.An increased…
Juba displaced coping with onset of rainy season at UNMISS protection area on 13 March before moving to new site with better shelter. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy
13 March 2014 - Rapidly increasing numbers of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Melut County, Upper Nile State, were in urgent need of assistance, representatives of an assessment team said recently.The statement followed…
Juba, 12 March 2014 - A UN high-level delegation from New York has arrived today in Juba. The delegation is in South Sudan to conduct an investigation regarding last week’s incident involving the transport of weapons and…
12 March 2014 - To give internally displaced people (IDPs) better shelter, UNMISS and humanitarian actors today moved the first batch of Juba IDPs from the mission’s base in Tomping to another in Jebel which is better…