On Tuesday 7 February the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), in coordination with the government, began rehabilitation work at the airstrip in Torit.
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![UNMISS chief calls on the people of South Sudan to promote peace and reconciliation](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/srsg_outdoor_un_house_resized_07_02_2017.jpg?itok=jSBeVKGR)
UNMISS chief David Shearer calls on the people of South Sudan to promote peace and reconciliation. (Photo taken in Juba).
![UNESCO trains South Sudan journalists on conflict-sensitive reporting](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/unesco_trains_south_sudanese_journalists_on_conflict-sensitive_reporting_08_02_2017_-_photo.jpg?itok=VAPgLxBg)
A few of the 51 radio journalists from around the country who participated in UNESCO's training on conflict-sensitive reporting.
![UNMISS Military Gender Advisor creates network for female troops](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/unmiss_military_gender_advisor_creates_network_for_female_troops_08_02_2017_-_resized_photo.jpg?itok=EhDERxEe)
Juba-based female military personnel from Australia, China, Ethiopia, Japan and Nepal participated in the first meeting of a new network for UNMISS female troops created by Military Gender Advisor Bettina Stelzer.
![Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in South Sudan](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/adama_dieng_visits_yei_november_2016.jpg?itok=BZINx5NN)
Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, during a visit to Yei in November 2016.