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Repaired Boreholes Provide Clean Water Supply for Durupi Community

The repair of five boreholes damaged when violence erupted in Juba last year will increase access to clean water for the community of Durupi, located on the outskirts of the South Sudanese capital.

24 Aug 2017

UN OFFERS TO INCREASE PEACKEEPING PATROLS IN TORIT TO IMPROVE SECURITY

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has offered to increase peacekeeping patrols in the Eastern Equatorian town of Torit to improve security and help build peace.

23 Aug 2017

UNMISS Human Rights team gives newborn twins a better chance at life

Just four months ago, Nancy Poni was sheltering under a tree with her newborn twins from the scorching sun and the violent attacks by cattle rustlers going on around her.

22 Aug 2017

Economic Recovery in Yambio Stalled by War, Weather and Tax

The land in Yambio is lush, rich in colour, and fertile – the perfect place to grow crops and raise farm animals.

21 Aug 2017

UNMISS PoC sites Update No. 174

21 Aug 2017

UNMISS SRSG David Shearer; Remarks on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day 2017 #NOTATARGET

Click Here for the remarks on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day 2017 #NOTATARGET by the UNMISS SRSG, David Shearer.

19 Aug 2017

Transforming Yambio from a “CULTURE OF WAR TO A CULTURE OF PEACE”

Fresh moves are underway to revive the stalled integration of thousands of former rebel fighters into South Sudan’s regular military forces in a bid to transform the troubled town of Yambio from a culture of war to one of peace.

17 Aug 2017

Beyond Bentiu: In Search of a New Life

Traditional huts, or tukul, of bamboo, mud brick and thatched roof stand strong.

Women wait in line at the borehole for their turn to fill yellow jerricans with water.

A group of men sit under a tree chatting about politics and what’s happening in the community.

14 Aug 2017

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.173

14 Aug 2017

UNMISS Quick Impact Project: Handover Ceremony of a Solar Powered Water Project Provides Clean & Safe Water for Thousands

Through its quick impact project programme, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, is providing a supply of clean water to violence-affected communities across the country.

14 Aug 2017

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