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9,000 IDPs get food aid from WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered food to about nine -thousand internally displaced persons in Lainya County.
UNFPA launch State of the World Population Report 2016 in South Sudan
Early and forced marriages, teenage pregnancies and HIV/AIDS are undermining the health, rights and opportunities for girls in South Sudan, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned, in a new report launched today.
AU delegation visits Malakal
Members of the African Union Peace and Security Council visited Malakal to better understand the current security situation.
JMEC advises AU Peace and Security Council to support efforts to implement peace agreement
JMEC Deputy Chairman, Ambassador Lt. General Augostino Njoroge, briefed the African Union Peace and Security Council on Friday at the start of their three-day visit to South Sudan and has advised that hostilities in the country must end for the Peace Agreement to be implemented.
University students join boot camp to develop mobile apps for peace
Sixteen students from the University of Juba are currently giving up a week of their school programme to develop mobile phone applications for peace building and literacy in South Sudan.
Civil Society lobbies Facebook to block pages promoting hate speech in South Sudan
The Executive Director of the Community for Progress Organization, is lobbying a US-based social media platform, Facebook, to either block or censor pages that incite and promote hate speech in South Sudan.
South Sudan Olympian encourages nation to silence the guns
“The needs of the youth in South Sudan will never be met unless the guns are silenced,” says Olympian Kenyi Santino, who spoke at the UN Day Celebration in Juba, South Sudan.
Waste management and recycling in Aweil
In an effort to implement the UNMISSs’ policy on a safe environment mission administration in Aweil has embarked on a waste collection and recycling management system.
145 child soldiers released by Cobra Faction and IO in Pibor
A total of 145 children were released today by the Cobra Faction and opposition forces. The children were handed over to the National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Commission.
Hope and togetherness mark UN Day celebration in Juba. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy
The UN family – UNMISS and the twenty UN agencies, funds and programmes working in South Sudan, today celebrated the 71st anniversary of UN Day at the Nyakuron Cultural Centre in Juba.