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Fighting in the west bank of the River Nile in the north of South Sudan has reached what the head of the UN mission in the country (UNMISS), David Shearer has described as “worrying proportions.”
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Statement Attributable to the Office of the Spokesperson United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS): Upper Nile Operations worrying.
The UNMISS chief David Shearer continues to tour South Sudan. Today he visited Bentiu.
A few of the 51 radio journalists from around the country who participated in UNESCO's training on conflict-sensitive reporting.
Juba-based female military personnel from Australia, China, Ethiopia, Japan and Nepal participated in the first meeting of a new network for UNMISS female troops created by Military Gender Advisor Bettina Stelzer.
Festus Mogae, Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC), at today's plenary session.
Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, during a visit to Yei in November 2016.
UNMISS Civil Affairs Division holding a workshop in Yei, aiming to improve poor relations and persistent distrust between military and civilians in the area.
The UNMISS Civil Affairs Division on Wednesday 1 February facilitated a well-attended peace forum in Bentiu.
David Shearer, the UNMISS chief, was in a good and optimistic mood at his welcome reception in Juba today (2 February 2017).
Photo from a ceremony in remembrance of the at least partly hate speech-fueled Rwandan genocide. (Angelina Daniel, the social campaigner speaking in text and audio below, is not in the photo).