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UN Mine Action Service showing work of sniffer dogs, which can detect weapons and explosives, in UNMISS Juba Tomping protection of civilians area. Photo: UNMISS/JC Mcilwaine

Displaced girl building family shelter at Juba UN House protection of civilians area after arriving from UNMISS Tomping base during ongoing relocation exercise. Photo: UNMISS/JC Mcilwaine

Traditional dancing during launch of pentavalent vaccine, which protects children against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B and haemophilus influenza, by South Sudanese government in Juba on 16 July. Photo…

UNMISS Nepalese soldiers fumigating UNMISS Bor protection of civilians area to rid it of hazardous insects like malaria mosquitos. Photo: UNMISS/Adebayo Adokunle

22 July 2014 - To boost security in its protection of civilians (PoC) areas, the UNMISS base in the Upper Nile capital Malakal has set up a mechanism to tackle crime. Among its activities, the UNMISS Security Risk Assessment…

20 July 2014 - Following today's attack by opposition forces on Nassir in South Sudan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the top UN official in the country called for an immediate end to offensive operations. The attack is…

18 July 2014 - Completing a three-month intensive training in munitions disposal, basic life support and emergency trauma, 19 South Sudanese police officers graduated today at Rajaf complex outside Juba. The course for the…

18 July 2014 - President Salva Kiir has inaugurated several projects in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal capital Wau, including two county headquarters, a maternity ward, blood bank and museum. The headquarters were for Wau County…

16 July 2014 - Deeply concerned by escalating crises in Sudan and South Sudan, the top UN relief official warned today that the humanitarian situation was deteriorating for hundreds of thousands of people in both countries.…

14 July 2014 - In an urgent effort to prevent cholera from spreading within the UNMISS Malakal Protection of Civilians (PoC) site and surrounding areas, the mission today began draining stagnant water in the camp. Ongoing…

11 July 2014 - U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan Susan Page today led a high-level delegation to the UNMISS base in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal to assess the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) seeking shelter…

10 July 2014 - The African Union (AU) General Assembly today extended by three months the mandate of its Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan to allow for more extensive consultations, a statement issued by the AU in the…