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Korean Peace keepers complete repair of Bor – Mangalla road
Bor, 15 March 2017: South Korean peacekeepers have completed repairing the Bor - Mangala road stretch. The 125km road is a major road stretch, linking Greater Equatoria region with Jonglei State. Equipped with heavy…
UNMISS Korean peacekeepers provide vocational skills in Bor
Bor, 14 March 2017 - More than 300 people have graduated from an intensive training course in technical and vocational skills including carpentry, welding, electricity, and construction in Bor. The graduates were passed out…
AU Envoy commends UNMISS work in Malakal
Malakal, 14 March 2017 – The African Union high representative for South Sudan, Alpha Oumar Konaré, has applauded the United National Mission in South Sudan for its role in protecting civilians sheltered at its base in…
UNMISS Patrols rescue seven civilians in Yei
Yei, 14 March 2017 - Members of the Chinese battalion also known as CHINBATT, serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan – UNMISS, have rescued seven civil personnel from a hotel in Yei town. The rescue on Sunday…
Youth in Jonglei respond to UNMISS call to withdraw from border area
Bor, 14 March 2017 - Groups of youths from Jonglei have withdrawn from border areas they occupied during recent fighting with youth from neighboring Boma state, ending days of tensions with the youth in Boma. The withdrawal…
SRSG appeals for peace and development on conclusion of tour to Pibor
Pibor, 13 March 2017 - “We want to see peace and once we have peace, everybody can benefit from the roads being opened and from development coming to the area,” said David Shearer, the Special Representative of the Secretary…
SRSG pledges support for peace efforts in the Greater Jonglei
Bor - South Sudan: The Special Representative of the Secretary General, David Shearer, has pledged to support efforts aimed at building peace in the greater Jonglei area. The SRSG arrived in Bor on Thursday, on his latest leg…
Press Statement: As South Sudan’s people suffer, their leaders must step up
“South Sudan’s political leadership needs to support its own citizens, who are in desperate need across the country and cease hostilities,” the United Nations Special Representative to the Secretary-General for South Sudan…
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.154
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.154
Security essential to reinvigorating bread basket of South Sudan (Statement Attributable to the Office of the Spokesperson United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Yambio, 23 February, 2017)
(Scroll down for audio version) Improved security is essential to reinvigorating what has been called the bread basket of South Sudan, the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, has said. Mr. Shearer…