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RJMEC Interim-Chair,
Members of the RJMEC Plenary,
Excellencies and distinguished guests:
There was much rejoicing as two bore holes with accompanying hand pumps were handed over to the local community. Photos: Moses Pasi/UNMISS
CENTRAL EQUATORIA-Water is life, our planet, as we know it, is mostly water and yet there is sometimes a lack of it, causing people to fight over what is available.
Captain Shichan Moktan from Nepal, now awarded a UN medal, is serving with UNMISS in Rumbek in Lakes State and leads a female engagement team. Photos: Nina Zubovic Vignjevic/UNMISS
‘’I want my son to be proud of me.
Duk Padiet in Jonglei State has a history of intercommunal violence. The establishment of an UNMISS temporary base in the area has significantly reduced incidents. Photos: Mach Samuel/UNMISS
JONGLEI- Sometimes, being present, and visible, can be the difference between life and death. Just ask residents of Duk Padiet.
Juba, 18 July 2022: The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) welcomes recent steps taken by the Government of South Sudan to pursue accountability and justice for surv
Finalizing the paperwork for the handing over of a radio station renovated by UNMISS to the Unity State government. Photos: Luk Riek Nyak/UNMISS
In December 2013, when South Sudan became engulfed in civil war, one of the first casualties was Bentiu 99.0 FM, a radio station that went off air.
Juba, 15 July 2022: The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is deeply concerned about deadly cattle raids over the past few days, by armed youth in the area around Kapoeta North in Eastern Equatoria State, reportedly resulting
Armed conflict displaced thousands of people from greater Tambura. Some of them have now returned, looking to resume their normal lives. Photos: Denis Louro Oliver/UNMISS
WESTERN EQUATORIA- In recent times, the citizens of the green fertile land of greater Tambura have faced approximately six months of armed conflicts, killing many and displacing some 80,000 persons.
In a historic medal parade, nine police officers from Liberia - the country's first-ever deployment to UN Peacekeeping - received the prestigious UN medal for their efforts to build an enduring peace in the world's youngest nation, South Sudan.
“I recall the civil war in Liberia vividly,” says Elfreda Dennice Stewart, a United Nations Police (UNPOL) officer serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
Juba, 8 July 2022: As South Sudan commemorates 11 years of independence, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reiterates its commitment to peace in the world’s newest nation.