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UNMISS conducts LDP to Mundri; assesses post-clash living conditions

The UNMISS in Western Equatoria, took part in a long duration patrol (LDP) to Mundri west to conduct an assessment of the current the living standards of the community and government institutions.

01 Dec 2016

Call for peer to peer HIV support groups

A South Sudanese Youth activist is calling for the creation of Peer to Peer HIV support groups in South Sudan, on World Aids Day.

Peer to Peer support has already gained ground in Maridi, where HIV health workers are reporting a spike in HIV prevalence rates.

01 Dec 2016

UN intends to step up humanitarian action and reconciliation efforts in Yei

Eugene Owusu, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRG) at UNMISS, yesterday led a high-level delegation on a visit to the troubled town of Yei.

01 Dec 2016

UNMISS donates health care items to Torit state hospital

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has on donated about more than 500 assorted items of preventive health care which include soap, mosquito nets, bed sheets and blankets to the Torit State Hospital.

30 Nov 2016

‘Cling to every little sign of hope’ – outgoing head of mission in South Sudan

On 23 July 2014, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon announced the appointment of Ellen Margrethe Løj of Denmark as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (

30 Nov 2016

UN human rights experts says international community has an obligation to prevent ethnic cleansing in South Sudan

The world’s youngest country, South Sudan, is on the brink of catastrophe, said the three-member* UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan at the end of a ten-day visit.

30 Nov 2016

Press Conference of The Commission on Human Rights at the conclusion of its second visit to South Sudan

Shantal Persaud Acting Spokesperson: Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this press briefing that is also being broadcast live on UN Radio Miraya.

30 Nov 2016

From Love to Death; by Yury Fedotov, Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime

Across the world tens of thousands of women and girls are being loved to death.

Take a wide angle snapshot of these deaths and violent assaults and they become a recitation of women attacked in desperate circumstances.

29 Nov 2016

16 Days of Activism campaign launched in Rumbek

The 16 Days of Activism campaign aligned with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, is observed from the 25th of November until the 10th of December as an effort to raise awareness of the negative impact that violence has on women, girls and society.

28 Nov 2016

A 20 year old school girl joined peace activism in Rumbek

A 20 year old school girl joins peace activism in Rumbek

Ms. Becky Ajak Malith, a 20 year old school girl at the Bishop Mazzolari Memorial Secondary school has broken her silence by becoming a peace activist in an attempt to reconcile the fractured society of Western Lakes.

28 Nov 2016

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