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With new mandate, UNMISS can protect more civilians, says SRSG

29 May 2014 - UNMISS’ new mandate made protecting civilians the top priority and boosted its military and police strength, the mission’s top official said today in Juba at a ceremony marking International Day of UN Peacekeepers.

29 May 2014

A passion for engineering

No ordinary woman, Agnes Sieh is one of the few woman peacekeepers working as a carpenter with the UNMISS engineering section.

28 May 2014

Law enforcers learn rule of law, reduced detention in Kuajok

28 May 2014 - Aiming to promote rule of law and shorter detention times for prisoners, UNMISS concluded a two-day judiciary workshop today in the Warrap State capital Kuajok.

28 May 2014

Polio immunization campaign launched in Kuajok

27 May 2014 - Seeking to free Warrap of polio, the state Ministry of Health, World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF today launched a four-day immunization campaign in its six countries and the Abyei region.

28 May 2014

Tens of thousands more South Sudanese flee fighting following truce, says UNHCR

27 May 2014 - Some 70,000 more people have fled their homes in South Sudan since a 9 May agreement was signed to end fighting that has ravaged the country for over six months, the UN Refugee Agency said today.

28 May 2014

Security Council extends UNMISS, prioritizes civilian protection

27 May 2014 - The Security Council today extended UNMISS and revised its mandate to focus on protecting civilians and tackling the security, humanitarian and political crisis that has gripped the nation for the past six months.

28 May 2014

Agencies say expected cholera cases could double

27 May 2014 - The number of suspected cholera cases in Juba has risen to over 670 with 23 deaths, leading health officials to double their estimates of people who could contract the disease.

27 May 2014

Melut IDPs stress vital need for peace and reconciliation

26 May 2014 - Ethnic communities must live together peacefully and truly reconcile to recover from the horror and trauma of war, according to Mary Nyaloth Lony.

27 May 2014

Protection area in Bentiu

Displaced children at UNMISS protection area in Bentiu, Unity State. Photo: UNMISS/Anna Adhikari

26 May 2014

FAO representative hails farming, urges development in Warrap

26 May 2014 - Farming in Warrap State was “unique” despite many challenges it faced, the UN’s top agricultural representative in South Sudan said today in the capital Kuajok.

26 May 2014

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