UNMISS News

UPPER NILE – She may be only 27, but Mary Nyaluong Dhieu Kiir has already tasted professional success by becoming a Director at her state’s Ministry of Gender and Social Welfare. Doubling as Secretary-General for Upper Nile’s…

NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – “In South Sudan, empowering women remains a necessity. Providing them with education and equal opportunities will allow them to be more involved in decision-making processes. That will especially…

LAKES - It takes a strong woman, determined to make a difference, to leave two children and family behind to become a peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Fortunately for everyone…

UNITY STATE – The landing of a helicopter at a remote peacekeeping base in Koch, South Sudan, signified a pivotal moment for the local community. It meant that a judge would soon set foot in the area for what may be the first…

JUBA - Although life so far has not turned out the way she had hoped for, 60-year-old Fatima Ibrahim Ori doesn’t let that stop her from living it to the fullest. That spirit of hers means that we cannot think of anyone more…

JONGLEI/PIBOR- In the ethnically complex Greater Jonglei/Pibor area, cattle raids, revenge killings, child abductions and other forms of intercommunal violence have been going on for longer than anyone wants to remember…

EASTERN EQUATORIA - In Amadi, a village located a few kilometers from South Sudan’s capital, Juba, local communities used to live in fear. Unexploded ordnance—a reminder of past civil wars—littered their ancestral lands…

EASTERN EQUATORIA – As South Sudan races against the clock to hold its first post-independence elections, there’s growing awareness that this young nation’s path to durable peace and prosperity requires systemic changes. One…

WESTERN EQUATORIA: “Even if perpetrators are penalized in court, we expect our partner in peace, UNMISS, to continue raising awareness among our communities on the need to uphold human rights, especially women’s rights,” said…

WARRAP – In South Sudan, subnational violence continues to be an issue, especially in hotspots across the states of Unity, Jonglei, Lakes and Warrap. Warrap, in particular, has witnessed persistent cross border clashes…

JONGLEI – Imagine a tiny, remote town in a poverty-stricken region where basic services are few and far between. Add to it some 20,000 recent returnees, having arrived as refugees from Sudan (mostly) and Ethiopia, and you are…

EASTERN EQUATORIA – For almost a decade, ethnically divided residents in Greater Kapoeta region have been engaged in intermittent cattle raiding, child abductions, and revenge killings, thus creating unrest and insecurity for…