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UNMISS Bangladeshi peacekeepers teach women how to make dresses to impress

“Sharing my skills of dressmaking with women in South Sudan is a rare opportunity for me which will make me very happy for all of my life,” says Mohir Hossad a Bangladeshi UN peacekeeper proactively redefining gender roles in Wau, a town in northwestern South Sudan.

14 Aug 2018

UNMISS South Korean vocational centre in Bor delivers new batch of skilled graduates

Another 37 students have successfully graduated from Hanbit the South Korean vocational training centre in Bor, courtesy of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. They are now keen to use their carpentry, welding, bakery, agricultural and other skills to make a living.

13 Aug 2018

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.206

13 Aug 2018

UNMISS head performs live with Emmanuel Kembe in support of peace

David Shearer and Emmanuel Kembe Live!’ was an unusual announcement for an unusual artistic collaboration this week, as the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan took to the country’s national television, strumming his guitar and singing along to Emmanuel Kembe’s ‘Lovers in Dangerous Times’

10 Aug 2018

UNMISS gives Malakal youth vocational training

Overgrown bushes and whitewashed buildings are telltale signs of a lot of time having passed since the school bell last rang to signal the start of yet another day of conventional rote learning.

09 Aug 2018

From trees to desks: A newly constructed school in Yambio provides education to over 500 children

Over 500 children in Yambio in Western Equatoria now have access to learning facilities following the opening of a new four-classroom building of the United Nursery and Primary School.

08 Aug 2018

UNMISS Urges Bunj Authorities to Hold Perpetrators of Violence Against UN and Humanitarian Agencies Accountable

Life-saving medication litters the ground across the Relief International compound in Bunj.

At nearby humanitarian agencies, offices and tukuls have been burnt to the ground, the windows of dozens of vehicles have been smashed while others were torched.

07 Aug 2018

UNMISS hails agreement on governance as an important step in resolution of South Sudanese conflict

06 Aug 2018

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.205

06 Aug 2018

UNMISS Supports Transparency and Accountability through Right to Information

Journalists, civil society groups and national bodies responsible for scrutinizing public institutions have come together to discuss the challenges created by limited access to information in conflict-affected South Sudan.

03 Aug 2018

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