UNMISS News

JUBA/ADDIS ABABA (16 September 2016) -- Members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, established by the Human Rights Council in March this year, concluded its first mission to the east-central…

Food deliveries, cash assistance, cholera response, market recoveries, vocational skills trainings. You name the support activity, humanitarian organization Mercy Corps is likely to be involved in it. Country Director…

The UNMISS civilian and military components organized an outreach event with the communities around the UNMISS’ dumping site at Makembele, Rumbek. The communities received trainings on health awareness, the Mission’s mandate…

The South Sudan Peace and Reconciliation Commission launched a 7-day peace activism campaign in the run up to the International Day of Peace due on 21 st September 2016. The drive will feature radio interactions, dialogues…

Early marriage is a harmful cultural practice which severely deprives children of their rights to childhood and education. Early marriage was also the topic of an advocacy meeting organized by UNMISS for women living in…

A group of young, creative South Sudanese artists is using visual expressions to convey a strong message of peace. The youth of the #Ana Taban peace movement have painted murals in various locations of Juba, depicting their…

The World Food Programme (WFP) in South Sudan has contracted a farmers’ association in Western Equatoria’s Yambio County to supply seventy metric tons of maize grain this year. “The Farmers’ Association in Yambio County has…

Representatives of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Gogrial have vowed to sensitize and educate their communities on the new mandate of UNMISS, facts about the peace process and the expected arrival of an additional…

Members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan; Ms Yasmin Sooka (Chair), Mr Ken Scott, and Dr. Godfrey Musila, have carried out a portion of their operations with meetings in Malakal and Bentiu this…

Uganda is currently witnessing a surge in refugee arrivals, with more than 4,000 South Sudan refugees entering the country ‘each day of the week,’ that’s according to UN refugee agency, UNHCR. The latest UNHCR emergency…

The UN envoy for Sudan and South Sudan has cautioned the two neighbors against actions that could undermine peace and stability within and between them. “One has to recognize that the internal situations in both Sudan and…

Betty July is a young entrepreneur engaged in a honey business in Yei. Her story is one of endurance and beating the odds to not only put food on the table, but also prove that a woman is capable of running a business…