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Women and girls trudging under the hot sun with firewood on their heads are common sights along the road running between Bentiu and Rubkona, Unity State. The women, who come from the UNMISS Bentiu Protection of Civilians (PoC…
29 January 2015 - A joint UNMISS-humanitarian team today visited Mayom County in Unity State to assess security and humanitarian needs of more than 50,000 families displaced by floods in the area.Thousands of people were left…
UNMISS Ethiopian peacekeeper helping displaced woman carry firewood load during patrol in Bentiu, Unity State. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
27 January 2015 - UNICEF and partners had secured the release of approximately 3,000 children from the South Sudan Democratic Army (SSDA) Cobra Faction led by David Yau Yau, the UN children’s organization announced in a media…
26 January 2015 - To help prevent inter-communal conflict in Lakes State, UNMISS recently started conducting a series of roundtable dialogues in different areas in the state. The dialogues, organized by the Civil Affairs…
23 January 2015 - To enhance safety mechanisms for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in UNMISS protection sites, UN Police (UNPOL) advisors today completed a training for a community watch group in Juba. The four-day course…
UN Mine Action Service bulldozer arriving in Unity State capital Bentiu ahead of exercise to verify and clear roads. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
23 January 2015 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the Agreement on the Reunification of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) signed on 21 January by the South Sudanese parties in Arusha, Tanzania. “He…
22 January 2015 - UNMISS Chinese peacekeepers today started rehabilitating a road leading from the Warrap State capital Kuajok to Turalei in Twic County. To repair the 170km road which is always inaccessible during the rainy…
UN Police officer talking to children in UNMISS protection site in Juba. Photo: UNMISS/Ilya Medvedev
21 January 2015 - More than 20 youth leaders living at the UNMISS protection site in the Unity State capital Bentiu today received training in conflict mitigation and how to reduce the crimes in the protection sites. The…
22 January 2015 - Thousands of children under the age of 15 years recently received polio vaccination at the UNMISS protection site in the Unity State capital Bentiu. A total of 27,000 children were immunized during the three…