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UNMISS partnered with I Can South Sudan to organise a seven-day COVID-19 awareness raising campaign in Tambura. Tricycles and motorbikes with loudspeakers broadcast WHO-approved preventative measures in local languages. Since…
South-Kivu: Uvira's women leaders renew their confidence in MONUSCO. Photo MONUSCO/Jean-Tobie Okala During a working session with MONUSO’s substantive sections in Uvira, South Kivu Province, on 6th August, some 20 women…
A women's representative from the Toposa community in Eastern Equatoria speaks to Governor Louis Lojore during a recent UNMISS-facilitated visit to remote areas on the state's easternmost border. Every year, without fail, the…
UNMISS engineering troops and local youth are battling rising water levels to prevent parts of Bor to be submerged. Engineering troops serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan are engaged in an ongoing battle against…
The huge explosion that rocked Beirut Port on Tuesday evening (4 August) resulted in several UNIFIL naval peacekeepers from Bangladesh being injured, some of them seriously. The ship was docked at the Port as part of the…
Participants at a forum discussing the implementation of the peace agreement, including the provision of 35 per cent political representation for women. Women in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State call for the implementation of 35…
On 5 August 2020, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013)concerning the Central African Republic approved the following individual to be added to its list of individuals and entities: A…
The police component of UNMISS and UNDP jointly organized a forum on crime prevention in Torit, Eastern Equatoria. Reports of increased criminality and organized gangs in Torit, Eastern Equatoria, putting civilians at risk…
Traditional leaders gathered in Wau engaged in important talks about reconciliation, conflict management, gender equality and a culture of impunity. Traditional leaders in Western Bahr el-Ghazal have identified more balanced…
As a result of a huge explosion that rocked Beirut Port this evening, one of the UNIFIL ships of the Maritime Task Force docked in the port was damaged, leaving some UNIFIL naval peacekeepers injured – some of them seriously…
UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana hand over computers to a UNDP-constructed youth centre in Bentiu. COVID-19 continues to cast a shadow over South Sudan, impacting children and youth greatly. To mitigate some of the effects of…
Yashaswini Mittal, a United Nations Volunteer with UNMISS, works as a Judicial Affairs Officer with the mission’s Rule of Law Section. In the picture, Yashaswini and her colleagues hold up t-shirts during the annual…