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SSPS learn criminal investigation in Eastern Equatoria

5 December 2011 – As part of the UNMISS' mandate to strengthen security services in South Sudan, UN Police in Eastern Equatoria State began a two-week criminal investigation course for local police today in the capital Torit.

06 Dec 2011

Volunteerism celebrated in Juba

5 December 2011 - Volunteerism should be an integral part of the world's new development strategy, according to the UN State of the World's Volunteerism Report (SWVR) released today during celebrations to mark International Volunteer Day in South Sudan.

05 Dec 2011

UNMISS picks up demining in Unity

2 December 2011 – With the laying of fresh mines in Unity State, the UNMISS demining body intensified its work on major routes there today to ease humanitarian service delivery.

05 Dec 2011

Stigma hindering war against HIV/AIDS

1 December 2011 - Calls for zero discrimination of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) were repeated in several South Sudanese states during World Aids Day commemorations today.

The theme for this year's Day was "Zero New HIV/Aids infection and Zero Discrimination by 2015".

02 Dec 2011

AIDS Day proclaimed public holiday in South Sudan

1 December 2011 – Addressing the first World AIDS Day to be celebrated in the new nation of South Sudan, President Salva Kiir Mayardit declared the occasion a public holiday so that all people could attend future festivities.

02 Dec 2011

State officials attend DDR policy briefing in Wau

29 November 2011 – To discuss South Sudan's new national Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) policy, the Western Bahr El-Ghazal State DDR Commission hosted a briefing for state advisors and ministers in the capital Wau.

01 Dec 2011

UNMISS trains prison officer recruits in Yambio

29 November 2011 - As part of its mandate to build up national capacity in South Sudanese prisons, UNMISS Corrections Advisory Section and Human Rights Office in Yambio, Western Equatoria State, have been training prison officer recruits there since September.

30 Nov 2011

Upper Nile inaugurates council of traditional leaders

28 November 2011 - To bolster peace building and conflict resolution efforts in Upper Nile State, a 39-member Council of Traditional Authority Leaders (COTAL) took their oaths today in a swearing-in ceremony held in the capital Malakal.

29 Nov 2011

Campaign against gender-based violence kicks off across South Sudan

28 November 2011 – In combating violence against women, several South Sudanese towns began "16 days of activism" over the past few days to help eradicate and raise awareness of the crime.

29 Nov 2011

Girls’ Education Day celebrated in Malakal

28 November 2011 – Under the theme "Girls education for quality education, peace and development", Upper Nile State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) in collaboration with UNICEF celebrated South Sudanese Girls' Education Day today in the capital Malakal.

29 Nov 2011

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