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09 March 2017 - Starving communities in Southern Unity have received a boost of 8,000 fishing kits from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Youths living in the PoC site in Malakal entertain guests at IWD Celebrations in Malakal
8th March 2017 – To mark the International Women’s Day, celebrated globally on 8 March, hundreds of women, men and children, internally-displaced persons, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan - UNMISS, and other UN agencies and non-governmental organizations took
08 March 2016 - “As they grow up, girls must be exposed to a broad range of careers,” says UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on International Women’s Day celebrated across the world today.
Displaced in Leer, Padeah County awaiting food aid
04 March 2017, South Sudan (UNMISS) -- "We are happy because the United Nations has arrived here to bring us food” said Martha Nyordit, a mother of five in Padeah county of Leer in Unity, one of the areas that has been worst affected by the latest wave of famine.
Members of the Mongolian Battalion in Bentiu photographed earlier this month. On 22 February their timely interventions rescued internally displaced persons about to be abducted.
In a series of incidents taking place on Wednesday 22 February in Bentiu, members of the UNMISS Mongolian Battalion rescued approximately 50 internally displaced persons, IDPs, from being abducted by uniformed soldiers.
Thousands of people have turned up in famine-struck Leer County to register for food aid delivered by the World Food Programme (WFP) and its humanitarian partners.
Thousands of people hit by hunger in Leer County in the Unity region turned up at Thonyor Payam on Saturday to register for food aid, following last week's declaration of famine in parts of South Sudan.
About 100 people participated in a workshop given by UNPOL in Wau on community policing, sexual gender-based violence and other relevant topics.
A five-day workshop for community watch groups organized by UN Police (UNPOL) finished today.
Some 100 participants drawn from the South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) and Community Watch Group members from IDP (internally displaced persons) camps attended the training.
Essential medicines and supplies to cholera-affected communities in South Sudan being loaded to a cargo plane for further distribution. Photo by WHO.
The World Health Organization (WHO) with support from the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) have delivered essential medicines and supplies to the communities affected by the cholera outbreak in the Islands of Jonglei and Greater Lakes.