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Sri Lankan peacekeepers share time, meals and other gifts with patients at Bor hospital

When you are hospitalized, your immediate concern is to get prompt and adequate care to recover as quickly as possible. It can be a dull experience, at the best of times, but bed-ridden patients at the main hospital in Bor have recently been in for a surprise treat.

24 May 2019

Juba forum explores ways to advance the status of women in South Sudan

A two-day national advocacy forum on women, peace and security has concluded in Juba, with discussions having focused on ways to influence and achieve women’s effective participation in governance and the country’s peace process.

24 May 2019

UNMISS and partners aim to de-militarize civilian facilities; improve conditions for returns in Upper Nile

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and partners are working with military commanders and government officials to create a safe and secure environment for displaced people to return home, including by demilitarizing civilian installations such as schools and hospitals in the Upper

23 May 2019

UNMISS hands over newly renovated police station to Aweil authorities

The government of Aweil has received a newly renovated police station to improve the enforcement of rule of law in this part of South Sudan.

23 May 2019

UNMISS peacekeepers donate school materials and renovate primary school in Bor

Peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have renovated a primary school in Bor.

23 May 2019

UNMISS supports South Sudan Human Rights Commission with refresher training

“I want human rights to be taught to even the young ones.”

22 May 2019

Peacekeepers in Malakal give girls a “fighting chance” to defend themselves

Save for the chatter of a group of United Nations policewomen, human rights specialists and gender affairs officers seated at the back, the atmosphere at the gym at the United Kingdom Engineering Taskforce base is quiet.

21 May 2019

UNMISS partners with priests in Lakes region to raise awareness about peace agreement

Raising awareness about the revitalized peace agreement in his Rumbek congregation, an Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan identified tribalism as the greatest threat to harmonious co-existence in the country.

21 May 2019