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18 June 2015 - The top UNICEF official has appealed “in the name of humanity and common decency” for an end to worsening violence against children in South Sudan. “The violence against children in South Sudan has reached a…
18 June 2015 - Continuing to boost educational facilities in South Sudan, UNMISS today handed over a renovated high school in Pariang, Unity State. Pariang Secondary School now has three rehabilitated classrooms and teachers’…
17 June 2015 - UN agencies and non-governmental organizations in South Sudan recently launched an emergency airlift operation to deliver kits containing live-saving supplies to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in hard-to…
17 June 2015 - UNMISS was taking matters of poor hygiene at its protection site in Malakal, Upper Nile, seriously and working quickly to solve the problem, the mission’s top official in the state said today. UNMISS State…
16 June 2015 - To help tackle the humanitarian impact of crisis in South Sudan, the European Union (EU) and UN today announced that more than $275 million had been pledged to support victims in the country and wider region…
16 June 2015 - With the rainy season intensifying and conditions worsening at camps for the displaced, more than 60,000 people at UNMISS Bentiu protection sites have been vaccinated against cholera. The International…
16 June 2015 - Different states in South Sudan today joined the global community in commemorating the Day of the African Child, which is observed on 16 June every year.In the Warrap State capital Kuajok, the event was held…
15 June 2015 - The UN refugee agency reported today that some 14,000 South Sudanese – mainly women and children – fled into Sudan over the weekend, describing the situation as “an emergency within an emergency”. Speaking to…
South Sudan joins the world today to commemorate the Day of the African Child under the theme, “Right to participate: Let children be seen and heard”. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
12 June 2015 - The number of people seeking protection at UNMISS Bentiu, Unity State, has risen to more than 70,000, according to a recently released mission report. Some 19,735 people have entered the camp since the end of…
11 June 2015 - Speaking with UNMISS leadership, internally displaced persons (IDP) at the mission’s Malakal protection site today called for more security in the camp. “We believe that you are doing your best in providing…
12 June 2015 - South Sudanese children had the right to continue their education without being recruited into the army, a senior UNMISS official said today in Wau, Western Bahr El-Ghazal. “Today, seven national security…