UNMISS News

During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, cultural gender roles and inequalities have become further cemented. To address both issues, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan gathered a group of women in Yambio to raise…

Building roads is painstaking work. Progress is miniscule at times, the weather is hot and conditions challenging,” says Lieutenant-General Shailesh Tinaikar, UNMISS Force Commander, as he inspects ongoing road repairs in…

Adviser Dorothy Nyambe leads busy days at UNMISS. Dorothy is Police Coordinator at the mission’s field office in Bor. She and her team of 27 UNPOL officers empower national policing counterparts to ensure that people living…

Female inmates at Wau Central Prison were at the forefront of International Women’s Day celebrations organized by the UNMISS Field Office here. “With COVID-19 cases currently increasing in South Sudan, we wanted to reach out…

Samuel laughs constantly. Loudly. Uproariously. Infectiously. Even at the most inappropriate times. When I ask why he is so happy all the time, his carer explains that Samuel is not a joyous little boy. He has laughed like…

"For more than 10 years I have been using a small, battery-operated flashlight to help women deliver their babies,” reveals Mary Jurkuch, a midwife working at the Panyagor primary healthcare centre in Twic East county…

Joy Mbaraza from South Sudan was born into a family of musicians and started singing with her church choir at a very young age. This mother of five holds a Bachelor’s degree in social work and in this short interview tells us…

Major Bindeshwari Tanwar is an army officer from India and a mother to a young son. This 34-year-old peacekeeper is married to a fellow officer and, in this interview, speaks about her commitment to protect and serve those…

Deputy Inspector Martina de Maria Sandoval Linares from El Salvador has an eight-year-old daughter and comes from a large family. This committed UNPOL officer speaks about what motivates her and why, despite the sacrifices it…

Captain Ritu Pandey is a 29-year-old army officer from Nepal currently deployed to UNMISS. In this interview, she speaks about being a female military officer, serving in South Sudan and leading an all-women engagement team…

Captain Ahlam Al-Habahbeh from Jordan is currently serving as an UNPOL officer in South Sudan. In this short interview, Ahlam speaks about her work and why, she believes, serving for United Nations Peacekeeping is a career…

Atupele Mbewe hails from southern Malawi and is currently deployed to UNMISS as a staff officer at the mission’s headquarters in Juba, South Sudan. In this short interview, this committed peacekeeper and mother speaks about…