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8 March 2015 - In celebrating International Women’s Day, 10 South Sudanese women were honoured as “heroines” in Juba today for their extraordinary achievements. Organized by UN Women and the South Sudan Women’s Peace Network…

6 March 2015 - To strengthen the capacity of human rights defenders, UNMISS completed a three-day workshop today in Nyamlel of Aweil West County in Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State. The activity, which drew 28 participants from…

3 March 2015 - Some 30 youth graduated today from a three-month intensive training course in carpentry, tailoring and building in Yambio, Western Equatoria State. “I am happy to tell you that 30 young men and women … are…

4 March 2015 - Cases of rape as well as sexual exploitation and abuse are showing up on a daily basis at the police station in Yambio, Western Equatoria State, officers said today. According to Marcelina Moses, head of Child…

3 March 2015 - The best way to avoid UN Security Council sanctions was for both parties to South Sudan’s conflict to strictly abide by the Cessation of Hostilities agreement of 23 January 2014, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said today…

27 February 2015 - In learning about the overall situation of the Catholic Church in South Sudan, Vatican Ambassador to the country Archbishop Charles Daniel visited the Upper Nile capital Malakal today. The Ambassador said…

First detachment of UNMISS Chinese Infantry battalion after arriving in Juba on 27 February. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine

3 March 2015 - To help settle social disputes among displaced communities, a three-day workshop on conflict management was recently conducted at the UNMISS protection site in the Unity State capital Bentiu.The workshop…

26 February 2015 - UN Police (UNPOL) and partners today held a crime prevention awareness session at a secondary school in the Eastern Equatoria capital Torit. The four-hour interactive session, held in collaboration with the…

Woman and child at UNMISS protection site in Juba. Photo: UNMISS/Ilya Medvedev

24 February 2015 - Striving to reach zero polio infections, the South Sudanese Ministry of Health, UNICEF and other partners today launched a vaccination campaign in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal. “This time we are…

24 February 2015 - Continuing tensions between South Sudan’s rival factions risked plunging the country into further violence, the top UN peacekeeping official warned in New York today. 24 February 2015 - Continuing tensions…