UNMISS News

8 September 2014 - Instability and rising tensions in various countries, including South Sudan, continued to pose a grave threat to children, a senior UN official told the Security Council in New York today.Special…

5 September 2014 - Assisting former soldiers to re-enter civilian life, UNMISS today handed over 18 market stalls to the payam (district) administrator in Mapel, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State. The stalls are part of a mission…

Juba, 9 September 2014 - For the past two weeks, UNMISS has been conducting preliminary investigations into the circumstances surrounding the crash of a United Nations Mi-8 helicopter Bentiu, the capital of South Sudan’s…

3 September 2014 - The Netherlands government is committed to assisting internally displaced persons (IDPs) in South Sudan, the country’s Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation said in the Upper Nile State…

3 September 2014 - South Sudan’s National Legislative Assembly today ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The convention, adopted by the UN General Assembly in…

3 September 2014 - The South Sudanese government is ready to cooperate with the newly arrived top UNMISS official “in all friendliness and in harmony”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin said in Juba…

UNMISS peacekeeper looking through binoculars as he keeps watch at the gate leading into mission’s base in Unity State capital Bentiu, where over 47,000 internally displaced people are seeking shelter. Photo: UNMISS / JC…

3 September 2014 - It is vital for courts in Yei River County, Central Equatoria State, to come up with local solutions to address rampant under-age pregnancy rates in schools, an UNMISS official said recently during a visit…

2 September 2014 - Ellen Margrethe Løj’s appointment as UNMISS chief was a “huge and difficult” challenge, but it was impossible to turn it down because the South Sudanese people fought hard for their independence, the top…

The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Løj, arrived in Juba on 2 September to take up her duties. Photo: UNMISS / JC McIlwaine

UNMISS aircraft crew carrying remains of fallen crew to a memorial service in Juba today. The three crew members died when their helicopter came down near Bentiu, Unity State, on 26 August. Photo: UNMISS/ JC McIlwaine

Mi-18 helicopter contracted by UNMISS. Three flight crew members were killed when one such UNMISS helicopter crashed near Bentiu, Unity State. Photo: UNMISS / Martine Perret