UNMISS News

JONGLEI - Repeated cycles of civil war have devastated communities the world’s newest nation, South Sudan, and created a humanitarian crisis that is exacerbated by climate change. People across the country are severely…

MALAKAL - As powerful barges manned by the Bangladeshi Marine Force Unit deployed to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) make their careful way across the overflowing waters of the White Nile, the air is laced…

JONGLEI- Human rights, investigation techniques, and the sensitive nature and correct handling of crimes related to gender-based violence were all on the agenda when UN Police Officers serving with the United Nations Mission…

JONGLEI- Human rights are universal. They encompass every single one of us, including the women and men who find themselves in prison. Explaining the existence and importance of protecting the rights of inmates was the main…

EASTERN EQUATORIA- The return of refugees and internally displaced persons to their homes is good news, but with an increased population comes a growing demand for basic services as well. For this reason, the United Nations…

UPPER NILE- Water is life, but if it’s not clean it can also spell death, or at least all sorts of diseases. Some 80 inmates at the prison in Malakal, who used to both bathe in and drink untreated water from the river next to…

EASTERN EQUATORIA- Following a long period of unrest and violence between cattle keepers and farmers in and around Nimule in Magwi County, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) recently paid another visit to the…

WESTERN BAHR-EL-GHAZAL: Sports are important, not least as a way of bringing both athletes and spectators from different towns or countries, and from all walks of life, together. The Chinese engineering troops based in Wau…

WARRAP- A United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) joint patrol team recently revisited communities in Twic County following spats of insecurity in the area earlier this year. “Since June, the security situation has…

JONGLEI – There is an abundance of painful statistics to remind us of the long-lasting suffering in the wake of war. Here is another one: an estimated 80,000 people in South Sudan need artificial limbs. In Jonglei State, many…

EASTERN EQUATORIA- Access to justice is key in any democracy, and if the infrastructure of said justice is both functional and easy on the eye, so much the better. Following the recent handing over of a modern, spacious court…

WARRAP- "For nine years, our school was under the trees. But now, with the new classrooms, we will be able to continue classes even when it rains," says Rejina Akieu, a student benefitting from the construction of Rialdit…