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Local Torit athlete competes in World Cross Country Championships; Promotes peace through sport
Government officials in the Imotong State held an honorary celebration for Torit-native, Stella Itongo Nmedeo Ohiri. Stella recently returned from a five day trip to Kampala, Uganda to compete in the World Cross Country Championships.
UNMISS SRSG Mr. David Shearer delivers remarks on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2017. - vimeo.com/215713306
Winny Paul, 20, right rear, looks on with fellow karate competitors during the first national karate competition held on Saturday in Juba. The South Sudanese Karate Association has been training alongside members of the Japanese engineering contingent serving at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
Winny Paul has been training intensively in preparation for competing at South Sudan’s first national karate competition held in Juba over the weekend.
“Practising karate makes me feel strong in mind and body and is important for my future, ” said the 20-year-old.
The first elements of the Regional Protection Force (RPF) of the United NationsMission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have started to arrive in the country.The RPF Headquarters has already been established in Juba under the leadership
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.163
We are disturbed by the escalation of violence and subsequent suffering of civilians in South Sudan as a result of the recent government offensive.
The UNMISS Indian engineering company maintains the Bentiu-Abeimnom-AjakKuac road, which was severely damaged by the previous rain season. The roadwork has enabled humanitarian convoys of food aid to arrive from Juba
The flow of humanitarian supplies and goods is being expedited by the roadwork conducted by the UNMISS Indian engineering company. Since the beginning of 2017, 270 kilometers of road have become operational in Unity State.
UNMISS chief David Shearer is urging the warring parties in South Sudan to “stop the suffering they are causing" and is "extremely concerned" for an estimated 50,000 displaced people believed to be in Aburoc, Upper Nile. (Archive photo from Malakal, Upper Nile).
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Students in Bor receive UNMISS training on gender and HIV awareness.
Approximately 200 students at Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology have been trained by UNMISS on gender and HIV awareness.
The UNMISS Japanese engineering contingent has been praised for teaching self-defense skills to South Sudanese women.
UNMISS Japanese contingent has received a certificate of appreciation for its continuing contribution to building self-defense skills among women in South Sudan.