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27 January 2014 - A monitoring and verification team would soon be on the ground to check implementation of the cessation of hostilities agreement by the government and opposition in South Sudan, regional officials said today…
The UNMISS Mongolian battalion has been fetching and distributing water to civilians sheltering on the mission’s Bentiu base since 19 December. The battalion is currently hauling 930 tons of water per day. Photo: UNMISS/Anna…
27 January 2014 - Seeking to draw attention to humanitarian consequences of the South Sudan crisis and mobilize support for much-needed assistance, UN Humanitarian chief Valerie Amos arrived in Juba today. Ms. Amos is…
24 January 2014 - If there had been no UNMISS in the Unity State capital Bentiu during the recent crisis, it would have been a disaster for the people, Deputy Governor Mabek Lang de Bilkuei said during the visit of a top…
24 January 2014 - When shooting began in Juba on 15 December 2013, Mary Nyapel was sleeping in her house near the national army’s headquarters in Juba, unaware that the gunfire would change her life. “My husband was killed in…
23 January 2014 - Seeking a peaceful nomadic migration season this year, some 300 delegates from Sudanese and South Sudanese border communities began a three-day conference in Gok Machar, Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State…
UN Peacekeepers securing the entrance to UNMISS Juba compound. “The United Nations … will continue to do everything within its means to protect civilians at risk and provide the necessary humanitarian assistance,” Secretary…
23 January 2014 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council today welcomed the signing of a cessation of hostilities agreement between anti- and pro-government forces in South Sudan. Representatives of…
23 January 2014 - Responding to an outbreak of measles in internally displaced people’s (IDP) camps in South Sudan, health partners are conducting a second campaign against the disease, a UNICEF official said today in Juba.…
22 January 2014 - An emergency regional summit planned for Thursday in Juba as part of efforts to seek a peaceful solution to the South Sudan conflict has been cancelled, UN Radio Miraya reported today. The summit, organized…
Women’s representatives from different ethnic groups currently staying in protected areas at the UNMISS base in Bentiu marched 12 kilometres carrying white flags to present a reconciliation letter to Unity State Governor…
21 January 2014 - Seven unaccompanied children were among 18 internally displaced people (IDPs) who arrived in the Northern Bahr El-Ghazal capital Aweil today from Rubkona County in Unity State. IDP Adhok Akok said when…