Members of UNMISS Indian battalion patrolling in Pibor, Jonglei State. From January to May, the mission has carried out around 1,000 short and long-duration patrols in the area, which has recently suffered recurring spates of…
18 May 2013 - Judges in Unity State raised concerns today that customary (traditional) courts were hearing criminal cases that should fall to the state (formal) legal system, according to UN Radio Miraya. High Court Judge…
15 May 2013 - Aiming to enhance community access to justice, UNMISS completed a two-day training in case management and record keeping today for officials in Bor, Jonglei State. Speaking at the workshop, UNMISS Judicial…
14 May 2013 - Seeking to improve their living conditions, UNMISS and the UN refugee agency in Upper Nile State donated non-food items to inmates at Malakal Central Prison today. Receiving blankets, plates, cups, sleeping mats…
14 May 2013 - Concerned about violence, looting and displacement of civilians in Pibor, Jonglei State, UNMISS called on the South Sudanese government to act immediately against the perpetrators in a statement released by the…
South Sudanese family near Pibor, Jonglei State. In his message for International Day of Families on 15 May, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls on governments, civil society, families and individuals to support initiatives…
13 May 2013 – As security reform was a priority of the South Sudanese government, austerity measures had not affected disarmament programmes, a senior government official said in Juba today. Speaking to journalists at a press…
10 May 2013 - Rule of law was vital in building a legislative framework to tackle root causes of conflict and strengthen peace, an UNMISS official said in the Jonglei State capital Bor today. Speaking at a workshop on…
8 May 2013 - Aiming to control a meningitis outbreak in Upper Nile, the government was planning a vaccination campaign with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), officials said in Malakal today. The state health…
UN Police Advisor Dalip Soni conferring with a South Sudan National Police Service officer in Juba. Seeking to assist in building the capacity of local police, UN Police officers mentor local counterparts as part of their…
7 May 2013 - Hundreds of South Sudanese today marched through Juba, demonstrating against the killing of the Ngok Dinka Paramount Chief in the contested region of Abyei on 4 May. Chief Kuol Deng Kuol Arop and an Ethiopian…
7 May 2013- Seeking to empower school children in Unity State, UN Police in Bentiu trained them today in traffic rules and basic human rights. The UN Police Advisors, who conducted the training in collaboration with South…