UNMISS News

To further increase awareness on how to keep communities safe from COVID-19, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has reached an agreement with local authorities in Eastern Equatoria State to borrow one of its…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has embarked on a 14-day-long door-to-door awareness campaign on COVID-19 to reach individual households in Warrap State with messages on how to keep themselves and others…

In a bid to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, police officers based in Rumbek and serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have handed out face masks and soap to South Sudanese colleagues at various…

After months of joint training, more than 5,000 troops from the government, opposition and other allied armed groups gathered at the Alel military training centre in the Upper Nile region are ready to graduate. They will…

“I’m going to protect my community from the spread of COVID-19 by going door to door to raise awareness,” vows James Taban Ben. He is one of 87 youth from Eastern Equatoria who received special training from the United…

Circling above Ras-Olo in the early morning light, those on-board the United Nations helicopter can’t help but notice the huge potential of the land below. It is lush, fertile, and bursting with newly planted crops which are…

The fragile health system across South Sudan is struggling to treat patients with many preventable medical problems let alone to deal with the added burden of COVID-19. In Bor, the lack of functioning medical facilities has…

Communities in Wau are beginning to realize the threat posed by COVID-19 with cases of the virus now confirmed in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal region. While the reality is hitting home, many are still not following prevention…

To support the state taskforce efforts against COVID-19, the Interfaith Base-Council for Peace Initiative in Western Equatoria State in partnership with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan last Saturday launched a…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has handed over a vehicle meant to be used as an ambulance to the COVID-19 taskforce committee in Torit. The car will enable safe movement of suspected Coronavirus patients to…

Residents of Twic County, Warrap State are urging the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to increase its assistance in fighting the Coronavirus. They made their call when a team from the peacekeeping mission…

In Eastern Equatoria, radio is a crucial way of reaching out to people with essential information on COVID-19 and other important topics, but access to electricity is patchy at best, and batteries are expensive. The solution…