UNMISS News

As peacekeepers, when we’re patrolling, we meet everybody—women, men, children, the elderly, the disabled,” says Sub Lieutenant Agnes Arthur from Ghana. “Conflict affects men and women differently. In South Sudan, which is…

An armed clash in Jahjah village, located near Koch in the Unity region of South Sudan, has led to homes and offices being ransacked and burnt to the ground. “When the looting started, most of us ran to nearby areas to…

“I will accept herds of cattle but not a girl child,” said Lina Ibira, mother of a 35-year-old man who was killed in Burung village last April. Lina was speaking about an established cultural practice in South Sudan which…

“2020 was a bad year for everybody living here since we were caught in a vicious cycle of intercommunal clashes, revenge attacks and cattle raids,” said Gadet Madut, county commissioner in Mayom, Unity state, South Sudan.…

Communities across Jonglei state have suffered greatly,” said Lieutenant-General Shailesh Tinaikar, Force Commander, UNMISS, during his recent trip to Gumuruk, Jonglei state. Intercommunal hostilities and subsequent cattle…

Patrolling peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have confirmed recent reports of conflict, displacements, loss of lives and human suffering in the Lowoyi payam (administrative division) of…

“We are here because we want to see the situation on the ground for ourselves and understand what we can do to alleviate the suffering of innumerable families who have been affected by floods,” said Alain Noudehou, Deputy…

Early every year, the nomadic people of Misseriya in Sudan and their herds of cattle make the long journey south to Aweil East County in South Sudan. They come in search of water and pasture, but a scarcity of such resources…

"I think we all agree the pace of implementation of the peace agreement has been far too slow and we still have many issues unresolved,” said the UN’s top envoy in South Sudan, David Shearer, at a press briefing in Juba. “My…

“Protecting civilians requires us to be responsive and agile—your operations since we deployed additional peacekeepers and equipment here have genuinely de-escalated tensions and prevented conflict,” said Lieutenant-General…

Circling above Kediba in the early morning light, those on board the UN helicopter can’t help but notice the huge potential of the land beneath them. Despite the ongoing dry season, the landscape is relatively lush. Once…

With a slow but steady decline of political violence across South Sudan, refugees as well as internally displaced people have started returning to their places of origin. Creating conducive conditions for people displaced by…