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Jonglei pastoralist: “These peacekeepers saved my cows”

Imagine living in a landlocked country, yet susceptible to succumbing to a calamitous, ocean-longing-inducing disease called East Coast fever. Such is the ironic fate of many an African cow, not least in South Sudan’s Greater Jonglei region.

16 Nov 2018

New Peace Centre opened in Bor, South Sudan

The Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology in Bor has something new to take pride in: A newly-established Peace Centre, thanks to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), with support from the Republic of Korea.

15 Nov 2018

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.218

14 Nov 2018

UNMISS donates protective gear to commercial motorbike drivers during road safety campaign in Torit

In a bid to reduce the number of accidents on the main roads of Torit, more than 100 commercial motorbike riders, locally known as boda boda drivers, have attended a one-day interactive session on road safety.

14 Nov 2018

Elation and renewed hope as the displaced head back to Akobo from Bor

For the final 27 internally displaced persons who boarded a UN helicopter from Bor on Thursday, the feeling was nothing but nostalgic and ecstatic.

13 Nov 2018

UN Security Council Working Group urges South Sudan’s leaders to end violations against children

South Sudan’s leaders are being urged by the United Nations Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict to expand their current Action Plan to end and prevent all violations and abuses against children in the conflict-affected country.

07 Nov 2018

Statement by the Chair of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, H.E Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations

Statement by the Chair of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, H.E Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations, on the mission of the Working Group to South Sudan, 4-7 November 2018.

07 Nov 2018