04 March 2017, South Sudan (UNMISS) -- "We are happy because the United Nations has arrived here to bring us food” said Martha Nyordit, a mother of five in Padeah county of Leer in Unity, one of the areas that has been worst affected by the latest wave of famine.

2 March 2017 – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) received two certificates of appreciation from the University of Juba today as the Mission and local universities in Juba organized the UNMISS Peace Fair along with the opening ceremony for the Inter-University Peace League.

Thousands of people hit by hunger in Leer County in the Unity region turned up at Thonyor Payam on Saturday to register for food aid, following last week's declaration of famine in parts of South Sudan.