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UNMISS peacekeeper looking through binoculars as he keeps watch at the gate leading into mission’s base in Unity State capital Bentiu, where over 47,000 internally displaced people are seeking shelter. Photo: UNMISS / JC McIlwaine
3 September 2014 - It is vital for courts in Yei River County, Central Equatoria State, to come up with local solutions to address rampant under-age pregnancy rates in schools, an UNMISS official said recently during a visit to the county.
25 September 2014
2 September 2014 - Ellen Margrethe Løj’s appointment as UNMISS chief was a “huge and difficult” challenge, but it was impossible to turn it down because the South Sudanese people fought hard for their independence, the top Mission official told Radio Miraya in an exclusive interview today.
The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Løj, arrived in Juba on 2 September to take up her duties. Photo: UNMISS / JC McIlwaine
UNMISS aircraft crew carrying remains of fallen crew to a memorial service in Juba today. The three crew members died when their helicopter came down near Bentiu, Unity State, on 26 August. Photo: UNMISS/ JC McIlwaine
Mi-18 helicopter contracted by UNMISS. Three flight crew members were killed when one such UNMISS helicopter crashed near Bentiu, Unity State. Photo: UNMISS / Martine Perret
UN Humanitarian Coordinator Toby Lanzer walking through flooded protection site at UNMISS base in Unity State capital Bentiu where more than 40,000 people are seeking shelter. Photo: UNMISS / JC Mcilwaine
An abandoned home near Rumbek Lakes state. A joint UN team recently went on patrol in the area to assess the situation after many people fled from revenge attacks that followed the killing of a paramount chief. Photo: UNMISS / Evelien Vleeshouwers
1 September 2014 - Renowned US actor Forest Whitaker arrived in the Eastern Equatoria State capital Torit today for a five-day peace workshop with youth representatives.