Last week, the South Korean Engineering contingent in Bor opened a pastry and vegetable shop, the Hanbit Market, as part of its vocational training centre. The initiative is part of the contingent’s efforts to empower…
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has held a workshop with students of the Bahr el-Ghazal University in Wau on its role and mandate in the country. The one-day forum conducted by the mission’s Communications…
In Jonglei, 30 SPLA officers and 10 other participants from line state ministries and organized armed forces attended a two- day child protection workshop in Bor, raising their awareness about the rights of children…
A plane carrying 160 Rwandan Formed Police Unit (FPU) officers arrived safely at the Juba International Airport on Tuesday 4 April. The new officers, under the command of Commissioner Bosco Rangira, were transported to the…
Unnecessarily cute sniffer dogs, interactive demonstrations of mine action work, an exuberant photo exhibition, a Japanese cultural performance and the launch of a catchy mine awareness song. Juba was treated to all of it…
(Scroll down for French version) In today’s world, conflicts are multiplying and increasingly interlinked. Most disturbingly, many warring parties shamelessly target civilians and show a flagrant disregard for international…
An integrated patrol unit of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan – UNMISS has concluded a three - day long duration patrol to Mapuordit, located approximately 76 km from Rumbek, the provincial capital of Lakes in…
The dangers posed by remnants of war to the children of South Sudan, has prompted the United Nations Mine Actions Service - UNMAS to develop specifically targeted Mine risk education interventions. “The problem is quite…
The ongoing conflict in South Sudan is affecting food security in some of the country’s more “stable states,” the head of UN peacekeeping in South Sudan, UNMISS, has said. David Shearer, the UN’s most senior official in the…
A convoy of protection forces from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), together with members of the Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM) has visited the location where six…
Seven-year-old Nancy does not know it yet, but in five or six years’ time she will have to give up her home life and become the property of a family she has never met, all because her mother committed a crime. Two years ago…
Swift, well-coordinated actions by different components of UNMISS saw two separate outbreaks of fire in the Bentiu protection of civilians site being taken care of without any resulting deaths or injuries. The fires…