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Students at basic schools operating in the UNMISS Protection of Civilians site in Malakal are about to receive new supplies of school material from UNICEF. Photo: UNMISS/Nyang Touch
The United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF and the NGO INTERSOS are working collectively to tackle the lack of educational materials reported by students to improve the teaching standard at the UNMISS Protection of Civilian site in Malakal.
Over the last few weeks, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has received deeply disturbing reports of widespread sexual violence, including rape and gang rape, of women and young girls, by soldiers in uniform and also by unidentified armed groups of men in plainclothes.
Festus Mogae, Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC). In its recent statement JMEC voices concern over the situation in South Sudan.
The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) which oversees the implementation of the South Sudan peace agreement, has expressed deep concern about the prevailing situation in the country.
UNMISS Chinese peacekeepers patrolling the areas surrounding the Protection of Civilian sites at UN House, Juba.
Following deeply disturbing reports of sexual violence against civilians in the vicinity of the Protection of Civilians (PoC) site at UN House in Juba, UNMISS and partners are stepping up efforts to protect vulnerable girls and women.
Poverty, violence, human rights abuses and other major problems on the global agenda have in common a failure to respect fundamental norms and values developed over millennia.
Rumbek was recently one of the most insecure towns in South Sudan. At times when I spoke with people in Juba and told them I was working there, I was met with pity. It was the example of how intercommunal violence can disrupt normal life in a major way. Not so anymore. The story has changed.
Chinese Peacekeepers patrolling the outside of the UN Camp in Juba South Sudan in a bid to protect women who venture out of the POC for food and firewood. Photo: UNMISS/Julio R. Brathwaite
29 July 2016 - The Security Council today extended for two weeks the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), allowing time for its membership to consider options on adapting the operation’s mandate amid renewed violence in the world’s youngest country.
Five South Sudanese refugees who have qualified to compete at the Olympic Games prepare to fly from Kenya to Brazil. Photo: UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau
Five runners who fled South Sudan have been given the chance to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games as refugees.
The Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) is establishing a community radio in Yirol West County, of Eastern Lakes. The UNESCO-funded project will target the community members in and around Yirol Town including cattle keepers.
The Dutch Embassy in Juba has issued a statement reaffirming its continued assistance to the people of South Sudan, in view of the dire humanitarian situation prevailing in the country.