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Peacekeepers from Egypt, El Salvador, Canada and Romania on patrol between Raja and Wau, Western Bahr el-Ghazal State. The military component of UNMISS currently comprises 6,806 troops and 142 Military Liaison Officers (MLOs)…

14 September 2013 - Mob justice is the wrong way to deliver justice, an UNMISS official said recently during a series of meetings held with residents of Kajo-Keji County in Central Equatoria State that ended today. UNMISS…

18 September 2013 – Two hundred and ninety ex-combatants attended a graduation ceremony today at the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Training Center in Mapel, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State after completing…

17 September 2013 - Hundreds of people today celebrated the International Day of Peace in a ceremony held at the Holy Trinity Peace Village of Kuron in Eastern Equatoria State. State government officials also participated in…

A view of flooding in the Jonglei State capital Bor during an air reconnaissance flight conducted on 12 September by members of the UNMISS Korean Engineering Company. In recent days the engineers have used excavators and oil…

17 September 2013 - Journalists have a vital role to play in peace-building work among communities, the acting State Minister of Information and Communication Tebourn Jany Rial said at a media forum in the Unity State capital…

Juba, 17 September 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Hilde F. Johnson, and H.E. President Salva Kiir Mayardit, along with the…

17 September 2013 - In line with South Sudan's plan to transform its prisons into rehabilitation centres, UNMISS is providing skills training to inmates of Tibek Prison in the Jonglei State capital Bor. The mission's…

14 September 2013 - Persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have the same rights as everyone else to freedom of movement and freedom from arbitrary detention, an UNMISS official said in Warrap State capital…

Peacekeepers from the Mongolian Battalion of UNMISS escorting a vessel carrying 182 refugees from Sudan that had become stuck in the Bahr El-Ghazal River. The refugees were being relocated by UNHCR from Upper Nile State to…

10 September 2013 -- The South Sudan Commission for Refugee Affairs (CRA) and UNHCR have begun the relocation of Sudanese refugees from Upper Nile State to Ajuong Thok in Unity State. The first group of 182 refugees left the…

Chinese Engineers repairing the main road that connects Northern Bahr El-Ghazal state capital Aweil and Western Bahr El-Ghazal state capital Wau, after it was severely damaged by floods. UNMISS is assisting local authorities…