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12 May 2014 - Work on a new civilian protection area had almost been completed at the UNMISS base in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal, a high-level UN military official said today.
Boy playing in streets of Upper Nile capital Malakal, which has seen heavy fighting between government and opposition forces during South Sudan conflict. Photo: UNMISS/Edward Kargbo
12 May 2014 - To help promote human rights among local communities, UNMISS recently conducted training on monitoring and reporting for 21 Civil Society Organization (CSO) representatives in the Lakes State capital Rumbek.
9 May 2014 - To deal with an increasing number of traumatized people seeking shelter at the UNMISS base in the Unity State capital Bentiu, 32 of the displaced today received training in “psychological first aid”.
9 May 2014 - For the first time since arriving in the Western Equatoria State capital Yambio, displaced people who had fled violence in the country today received food from the South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (SSRRC).
8 May 2014 - Fighting and heavy rains are the biggest disruption to hundreds of displaced children attending primary school at the UNMISS base in Bentiu, Unity State capital, a UNICEF official said recently.
8 May 2014- It is vital for parties to the conflict in South Sudan to abandon their current determination to pursue military option and engage in the peace process in good faith, a new UNMISS human rights report released today says.
7 May 2014 - To prevent a breakout of cholera among displaced people at the UNMISS base in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) today started a second round of cholera vaccinations.
Juba, 8 May 2014 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has today released a public report on the gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law that have occurred since the conflict in the world’s newest nation began on 15 December 2013.
7 May 2014 - UNMISS had shown remarkable flexibility since 15 December by re-prioritizing mandate duties under resource and safety constraints, UN Peacekeeping Chief Herve Ladsous said today.