News

UNMISS organizes workshop for displaced youth in Juba

As part of ongoing efforts to help internally displaced persons (IDPs) deal with challenges they might face when they return home, UNMISS today organized a workshop in one of the protection of civilian sites at the mission’s base in Juba.

14 Dec 2015

Annual peace conference starts in Aweil town

Aiming to maintain peaceful co-existence, two neighbouring communities from South Sudan and Sudan today started meeting in the Northern Bahr el Ghazal State capital Aweil.

10 Dec 2015

IDPs in Yambio in need of assistance, NGO official says

The living conditions of thousands of people displaced by insecurity in Yambio, Western Equatoria State was worsening, a humanitarian official said today.

10 Dec 2015

Peace is a prerequisite for human rights, SRSG Loej says

The people of South Sudan deserve peace so that everybody can live in dignity, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRGS) said in Juba today.

10 Dec 2015

South Sudan commemorates Human Rights Day

South Sudan joined the rest of the world today to commemorate Human Rights Day with events in different states under the theme, “Our Rights, Our Freedom, Always”.

10 Dec 2015

South Sudan’s transitional constitution gives women better position, says UNMISS official

Provisions in South Sudan’s Transitional Constitution greatly improved the legal position of women and girls in the country, UNMISS Human Rights Officer Anthony Nwapa said in Juba today.

08 Dec 2015