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UNMISS Juba IDPs Christmas Day Eve PoC church mass service South Sudan

Displaced South Sudanese celebrate joyous Christmas mass amid fragile hope of peace

People who have sought sanctuary in the UN protection site in Juba celebrated Christmas Day both en masse and in style.

26 Dec 2017

Tragedy spurs cattle keeper’s passion for peace at migration conference in South Sudan

Bashir Hamid is a cattle keeper from Misseriya, a nomadic community living in the border zone between Sudan and South Sudan.

22 Dec 2017

UNMISS Quick Impact Project helps boost education

The gifting of two new classrooms and an office by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to a secondary school in Gogrial will help boost educational opportunities for children in the area.

22 Dec 2017

UNMISS partnering for a peaceful New Year

The Outreach team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan went on a special mission to spread end-of-year holiday season greetings to the partners it has worked with to promote peace throughout 2017.

21 Dec 2017

UNMISS National Staff Association supports local orphanage and children’s hospital

The National Staff Association of the UN Mission in South Sudan has mobilized a variety of items to support vulnerable children at the Juba Orphanage Home and Al-Shabbah Children’s Hospital in the capital, Juba.

20 Dec 2017

UNMISS “children not soldiers” campaign encourages South Sudan army to protect children in Pibor

The Sudan People’s Liberation Army brigade based in the troubled town of Pibor has committed to protecting children caught up in the armed conflict that has raged across the country for four years.

20 Dec 2017

First Protection of Civilians site successfully closed in South Sudan as families choose to return home

After four years living in cramped conditions, families are finally leaving the protected camp next to the United Nations base in Melut to return to their homes.

20 Dec 2017

UN Peacekeepers help hundreds of students sit primary leaving exams

“I am 55 years old and I am attending school with my children and my grandchildren. They even help me study and understand what we are learning.”

18 Dec 2017

Arrival of Nepalese peacekeepers in Torit strengthens UN presence across Eastern Equatoria

The arrival of 150 Nepalese peacekeepers in Torit is enabling the United Nation to extend its presence through increased patrols across the eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan to help protect civilians and build durable peace.

18 Dec 2017

Indian soldiers unite communities in Melut through sport

Sport as a universal language can be a powerful tool to promote peace, tolerance and understanding by bringing people across boundaries, cultures and religions together.

15 Dec 2017

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