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New UNMISS Sector East commander optimistic about durable peace

The UN Mission in South Sudan has received a new commander, Brigadier General Muhamed Masum of Bangladesh, for its Sector East, based in Bor in Jonglei.

29 Dec 2017

British peacekeepers train staff to boost service delivery at Bentiu hospital

Training delivered by UNMISS peacekeepers is helping boost staff capacity and improve service delivery at the Bentiu State Hospital. That’s the positive verdict of Dr David James Wai, a medical officer at the health facility, the biggest referral hospital in the Unity region.

28 Dec 2017

UNMISS South Sudan IDPs protection of civilians Christmas 2017

Revellers in Bor celebrated Christmas with processions

Thousands of people marched in processions to celebrate Christmas in Bor Town and in the UNMISS protection of civilians site in the area. Dressed up and carrying crosses, revellers marched on both the 24th and the 25th of December.

27 Dec 2017

UNMISS Juba IDPs Christmas Day Eve PoC church mass service South Sudan

Displaced South Sudanese celebrate joyous Christmas mass amid fragile hope of peace

People who have sought sanctuary in the UN protection site in Juba celebrated Christmas Day both en masse and in style.

26 Dec 2017

Tragedy spurs cattle keeper’s passion for peace at migration conference in South Sudan

Bashir Hamid is a cattle keeper from Misseriya, a nomadic community living in the border zone between Sudan and South Sudan.

22 Dec 2017

UNMISS Quick Impact Project helps boost education

The gifting of two new classrooms and an office by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to a secondary school in Gogrial will help boost educational opportunities for children in the area.

22 Dec 2017

UNMISS welcomes signing of cessation of hostilities agreement in South Sudan

22 December 2017

UNMISS welcomes signing of cessation of hostilities agreement in South Sudan

22 Dec 2017

UNMISS partnering for a peaceful New Year

The Outreach team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan went on a special mission to spread end-of-year holiday season greetings to the partners it has worked with to promote peace throughout 2017.

21 Dec 2017

UNMISS National Staff Association supports local orphanage and children’s hospital

The National Staff Association of the UN Mission in South Sudan has mobilized a variety of items to support vulnerable children at the Juba Orphanage Home and Al-Shabbah Children’s Hospital in the capital, Juba.

20 Dec 2017

UNMISS “children not soldiers” campaign encourages South Sudan army to protect children in Pibor

The Sudan People’s Liberation Army brigade based in the troubled town of Pibor has committed to protecting children caught up in the armed conflict that has raged across the country for four years.

20 Dec 2017

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