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Security Council delegation to visit South Sudan

A delegation from the United Nations Security Council is expected to visit South Sudan next week.

31 Aug 2016

Even in camps, South Sudan’s Refugees encouraged to unite for peace

As the number of South Sudanese seeking safety in Uganda clocks nearly 100 thousand, according to UNHCR estimates, concerns are mounting about the continued strained relations between the South Sudanese refugee seeking safety in Uganda.

31 Aug 2016

Top authority in Wau visits PoC site

The top government authority in Wau has visited the UN Protection of Civilian (PoC) site and met with community leaders.

Andrea Mayar Acho assured the IDPs that his government is working to restore security to allow them return to their homes.

30 Aug 2016

UN refugee agency chief visits Uganda over South Sudan refugee crisis

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is in Uganda to discuss the South Sudan refugee crisis.

Filippo Grandi will visit the northern district of Adjumani to get a better understanding of the emergency response to the recent mass influx of new arrivals.

30 Aug 2016

UNDP Interactive Drama launched to rally communities for Peace

The United Nations Development program – UNDP in partnership with the Radio Miraya, a UN radio in South Sudan, have launched a new phase of interactive drama series, as part of the greater efforts designed to rally local communities for peace.

30 Aug 2016

Teenager pleads for peace in South Sudan

A young girl has made an impassioned plea for peace, amid rising concerns about the situation of children in South Sudan.

Joana John Edward, spoke to Radio Miraya’ Breakfast show, and described how the gunshots and the site of soldiers scared her and sent her into a state of fear.

29 Aug 2016

UNMISS facilitates Dinka – Bor and Murle peace conference

Traditional leaders from the Dinka - Bor and Murle communities convene on Tuesday in Gumuruk – Pibor County, for what has been described as a historic peace conference in the greater Jonglei region.

29 Aug 2016

South Sudan youth roll out campaign for peace

“We’re just tired of what’s going on in South Sudan. We want peace,” rap musician Lual swore, as Radio Miraya sampled the views of some young men and women campaigning for peace in the troubled country.

29 Aug 2016

Peacekeepers undertake weapons sweep operation on the outskirts of PoC site 3

Paramount to the UN mission’s mandate in South Sudan is the protection of civilians, and ensuring POC sites themselves remain secure is a daily task. Saturday break of dawn, on the outskirts of the Juba PoC 3 site, UNMISS Peacekeepers from Ethiopia, China, together with the Nepalese Force Prote

27 Aug 2016

Major General (retired) Patrick Cammaert of The Netherlands to lead an independent Special Investigation into the violence in Juba, South Sudan, in July 2016, and the response of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on South Sudan

23 Aug 2016

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