UNMISS Japanese battalion troops constructing culverts to create proper drainage ahead of coming rainy season. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine

Juba - 11 May 2015 - Since intensified military activities began in Unity State on 20 April, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has grown increasingly concerned about continuing and consistent reports coming from Guit and Koch counties of towns and villages being burned, killings,

7 May 2015 - To familiarize himself with the situation in Lakes State, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (DSRSG) in South Sudan (Political) Moustapha Soumaré visited the state capital Rumbek today.