South Sudan national football team Bright Stars won their first ever competitive game against Equatorial Guinea on 5 August. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine.
7 September 2015 - With the rainy season making roads impassable, the World Food Programme (WFP) began air dropping much-needed food in the Unity State capital Bentiu today. According to Francis Sarpong, WFP head of office in…
4 September 2015 - To improve living conditions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living at the UNMISS protection-of-civilians (PoC) site in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal, humanitarian partners recently started…
1 September 2015 - Over 100 foreign national asylum seekers arrived today at Makpandu refugee settlement in Yambio, Western Equatoria State, from a UNMISS protection-of-civilians (PoC) site in Juba. The voluntary relocation…
Children arriving at refugee settlement in Makpandu, Western Equatoria State during relocation of over 100 foreign nationals from UNMISS protection site in Juba. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy
1 September 2015 - Crime rates in the UNMISS protection site in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal had reduced as a result of joint efforts by UN Police (UNPOL) and internally displaced persons’ security watch groups, an…
1 September 2015 - Seeking to prevent spread of diseases among internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the UNMISS base in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal, humanitarian partners today completed the first round of…
1 September 2015 - Seeking to boost relations with the local community, UNMISS has been assisting a Central Equatoria village with farming, carpentry, basketball and kindergarten. As part of the Civil Military Cooperation…
27 August 2015 - UN emergency relief teams have reached more than 27,000 people in a town in South Sudan cut off by insecurity since March, according to a joint statement issued by UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP)…
28 August 2015 - The Security Council today called on all parties, with the help of the United Nations, to implement its recently signed peace accord and adhere to the permanent ceasefire. “The Security Council acknowledges…