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17 April 2013 - UN Assistant Secretary General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions Dmitry Titov traveled to Western Bahr El-Ghazal state capital of Wau and visited the DDR transitional facility in Mapel. During his stay…

Members of the Mapel community in Western Bahr El-Ghazal, building a detention center as part of the UNMISS DDR reinsertion fund to benefit the community. Photo UNMISS/Martine Perret. Click for larger image.

17 April 2013 - Some positive steps have been taken to promote the growth of South Sudan's independent media sector, but there is also increasing unease about the safety of journalists in the country, the Deputy Special…

15 April 2013 – The UNMISS HIV/AIDS unit kicked off a three-week-long training for counselors today in Bentiu in collaboration with the Unity State government's Ministry of Health and the South Sudan HIV/AIDS Commission…

16 April 2013 -- Seeking shelter from the sweltering sun, tens of ex-combatants sat under mango trees across the Greater Bahr El-Ghazal region on a recent afternoon. The trees were heavily laden with fruit that would soon…

13 April 2013 - A delegation of senior UN officials led by Assistant Secretary-General for Field Support Anthony Banbury visited the Jonglei State capital of Bor today in the aftermath of last Tuesday's ambush on an UNMISS…

12 April 2013 -- The attack on an UNMISS convoy in Jonglei State that killed 12 peacekeepers and civilians earlier this week was a sobering reminder of the hidden hurdles and dangers facing UNMISS staff, the Special…

Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Field Support Anthony Banbury presenting a United Nations flag to Delfino Abbas Alex, brother of the late Peter Kiko, during a memorial ceremony in Juba for the two UNMISS…

11 April 2013 – Legislators from the states of Unity, Warrap and Lakes participated today in a teleconference and discussed possible ways of ending cattle raids that often result in the deaths of innocent civilians. The…

9 April 2013- The mandate of UNMISS does not include the defense of South Sudan's international boundaries or the monitoring of its border with Sudan, UNMISS staff members said at a community outreach event held today in…

Indian peacekeepers loading the casket of the late Lt. Col. Mahipal Singh, one of five UNMISS Indian Battalion soldiers who were killed in an ambush on 9 April by heavily armed assailants on the road between Gumuruk and Bor…

10 April 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for South Sudan, Hilde F. Johnson, paid tribute today to the five members of the UNMISS Indian Battalion who died in an ambush in Jonglei state on…