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Transforming Yambio from a “CULTURE OF WAR TO A CULTURE OF PEACE”

Fresh moves are underway to revive the stalled integration of thousands of former rebel fighters into South Sudan’s regular military forces in a bid to transform the troubled town of Yambio from a culture of war to one of peace.

17 Aug 2017

Beyond Bentiu: In Search of a New Life

Traditional huts, or tukul, of bamboo, mud brick and thatched roof stand strong.

Women wait in line at the borehole for their turn to fill yellow jerricans with water.

A group of men sit under a tree chatting about politics and what’s happening in the community.

14 Aug 2017

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.173

14 Aug 2017

UNMISS Quick Impact Project: Handover Ceremony of a Solar Powered Water Project Provides Clean & Safe Water for Thousands

Through its quick impact project programme, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, is providing a supply of clean water to violence-affected communities across the country.

14 Aug 2017

German Foreign Affairs Minister Visits UN Base in South Sudan

The Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, David Shearer, has expressed his gratitude to Germany’s Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs for the country’s contribution to the protection of civilians and building of durable peace in South Sudan.

10 Aug 2017

UN Peacekeeping Mission Head insists on “zero tolerance approach” and maintaining the civilian character of South Sudan’s displaced people camps

The Head of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has insisted that the mission maintains a “zero tolerance approach” to any attempts to militarize the camps for people displaced by conflict and that the camps remain civilian in nature.

09 Aug 2017

Arrival of UN regional force in South Sudan will free up peacekeepers to patrol “insecure roads”

The arrival of a UN regional force in South Sudan will enable the UN Mission in the country, UNMISS to free up additional peacekeepers to mount more “patrols along insecure roads,” the head of the Mission, David Shearer has said.

08 Aug 2017

SRSG Shearer - Regional protection Force - Press Conference (near verbatim)

Press Conference on Arrival of Regional Protection Forces into Juba, South Sudan

Ladies and Gentlemen

Good morning and welcome to the RWANBATT compound here at Tomping.

A number of you have reported over the weekend that the first company of Rwandan soldiers has arrived in Juba as part of the Regional Protection Force deployment.

08 Aug 2017

“Long-term impact” of UN peacekeepers emergency repairs at Malakal airport

Emergency repairs carried out by UN peacekeepers at Malakal airport in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan will have a “long-term impact on the local population” according to a senior military officer of the UN Mission in the country, UNMISS.

07 Aug 2017

UN camp residents in South Sudan "trust more" when searches are conducted by women

05 Aug 2017

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