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New UN peacekeeping base offers Yei community a path to peace and prosperity

They clapped. They danced. They sang. They celebrated in their hundreds at the opening of a new permanent United Nations peacekeeping base in the South Sudanese town of Yei.

26 Jan 2018

Historic meeting place in Torit to be rescued by UNMISS Quick Impact project

With graffiti marking its historic walls and large cracks splitting the cement floor, the pillars of the B’Court facility can hardly hold the weight of its iron-sheeted roof, the building verges on collapse.

24 Jan 2018

Graduates of training programme look forward to a brighter future in South Sudan

After fleeing violence and spending years sheltering in a United Nations protection camp, Nyapac Orach never imagined that she would graduate with the skills to provide a better future for herself and her family.

24 Jan 2018

Children are the seeds of peace not war

Members of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) have renewed their commitment to protect vulnerable children in South Sudan.

24 Jan 2018

Near Verbatim Transcript: Media Briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan Mr. David Shearer

Near Verbatim Transcript of

Media Briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations

and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan

24 Jan 2018

UNMISS announces extension of peacekeeping presence to new locations in South Sudan

A new “light” peacekeeping presence is being deployed to the remote town of Akobo in the north-east of South Sudan to protect civilians and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to people in need.

24 Jan 2018

Local actors help explain UN mandate to internally displaced South Sudanese people

Local actors help explain UNMISS mandate to internally displaced South Sudanese people

A group of actors who have experienced trauma because of ongoing violence in South Sudan are using their dramatic skills to explain the role of the United Nations Mission in the country to other internally displaced people living in protected sites.

24 Jan 2018

Gok community to urge unconditional disarmament of civil population

The community of Gok in the Greater Lakes area has decided to urge its civilian residents to unconditionally hand over their guns to help ensure durable peace prevails in the region.

23 Jan 2018

Nepalese peacekeepers treat 400 patients in Greater Lakes area

Nepalese peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have conducted two medical camps, in Cueibet and Bunagok in the Greater Lakes area. In total, some 400 persons, suffering from a wide range of medical conditions, were treated.

23 Jan 2018

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.188

22 Jan 2018

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