UNMISS News

Bangladeshi peacekeepers have taken time out from their official duties protecting civilians in Wau to help improve the education system for local children by training their teachers. The contingent worked with 58 teachers…

Residents of a community in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan have temporarily abandoned their homes out of fear that conflict will develop between local farmers and pastoralists who have migrated to the area…

Newly elected community leaders at the United Nations protection site in the Wau area have completed training in how to protect vulnerable civilians, mitigate conflict and help resolve disputes. The three-day training…

What do the police force, the army and priesthood have in common? One person. Reverend Major Andy Earl – or just Padre Earl. For three months now, Padre Earl has been based with the United Kingdom’s engineering taskforce in…

Some may think that joining the army is all about meeting the physical demands of the profession. But female military personnel serving with the Nepalese peacekeeping contingent in South Sudan say it is so much more than that…

Opposition forces based in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan have pledged to uphold human rights from the command level right through to the rank and file following a workshop hosted by the United Nations…

The return of relative calm to a village in Torit has prompted an influx of people returning to their homes. The Enyif community abandoned their village after a spate of crime, including rape and thefts as well as incidents…

“One hand cannot make a clap. Before God, I am so happy to see the world supporting us,” said Alier Wal who lost both parents in 2013. “This is light at the end of the tunnel,” he assured his fellow orphans. Alier, was…

Thousands of children have suffered at the hands of armed groups during South Sudan’s civil war. They have been killed, maimed, abducted, separated from their families and denied access to education and healthcare. Dozens of…

“Women and men have equal rights and if we are given that opportunity, I think we will be able to participate fully in governance, and we can do anything that a man can do.” That was the view of Abuk Monykuer a participant at…

Senior officers from opposition forces living in cantonment sites in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan have received training to help them better understand the laws that protect children caught up in armed…

The United Kingdom’s Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, has visited Malakal where she met with local authorities and toured the United Nations hospital that has been constructed by British army…