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26 March 2014 - UNMISS handed over to Warrap State communities today a new road, a community centre and an office extension in a ceremony in Turalei. The road links Turalei town to the main county hospital, the community…

27 March 2014 - Unless humanitarians in South Sudan received the funding they needed, famine could descend on the country in five months, UNMISS’ top official told a German delegation visiting the mission in Juba today. “We…

27 March 2014 - UNMISS, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Northern Bahr El-Gazal state government inaugurated a newly constructed County Support Base (CSB) today in Gok Machar of Aweil North County. UNMISS acting State…

26 March 2014 - To build the skills of local journalists and civil society, UNMISS completed a two-day human rights workshop today in the Northern Bahr El-Ghazal capital Aweil. The 20 participants learned about basic human…

26 March 2014 - Displaced people who had recently moved from UNMISS Juba Tomping protection site to the Jebel base urged their friends and relatives today to follow suit for safety concerns. A 51-year old father of five…

26 March 2014 - To assist UNMISS troops and displaced people on its bases ahead of the rainy season, Japan donated shelter materials to the mission today in Juba. The 200 tents and 4,000 plastic sheets, worth about $470,000…

26 March 2014 - As the rainy season approaches in South Sudan, a UN health official warned today in Juba that there was a high risk of waterborne disease outbreaks in displaced persons camps. Waterborne diseases were…

25 March 2014 - Responding to displaced people’s concerns about venturing outside the UNMISS camp in Bor, Jonglei State, agencies provided them today with firewood for cooking. “We have children, families and pregnant women…

25 March 2014 - In renewed efforts to tackle inter-communal violence, UNMISS and the Eastern Equatoria State government met today with two rival communities in Budi County.The meeting with the Didinga and Toposa communities…

Woman at newly revived market in the Unity State capital Bentiu, which was one of the hardest hit towns in the South Sudan conflict. Photo: UNMISS/Anna Adhikari

The World Food Programme distributed food to UNMISS Juba Tomping displaced on 21 March. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy

25 March 2014 - With the humanitarian situation in Sudan deteriorating and neighbouring South Sudan “imploding,” UN relief officials today appealed to donors to urgently fund life-saving activities in the two countries.John…