In February 2013, Award Winning Photographer Marco Grob, who is a big supporter of the UN Mine Action Services (UNMAS), visited South Sudanto take photos of the work UNMAS and other Mine Action Non-Government Organizations were doing in the Country. The Photos were handed over to UNMAS and have been displayed to create awareness of [...]
Envoys from United States, Norwayand United Kingdom, to South Sudan, in a joint statement voiced their concern about continued violence and conflict in JongleiState. UNMISS
While talking about the recent (4 May) attack by ethnic Misseriya pastoralist tribesmen on a UN convoy in Abyei, South Sudan's Ambassador said today (9 May) at the United Nations that "this was not by any means an isolated incident." He added that "it is a culmination of a pattern." UNTV
South Sudanhas been named one of the worst places for a mother to be, with an estimated 13 infants out of 1000 births dying in the first day after birth. UNMISS (WARNING: graphic image of dead baby)
Hundreds of South Sudanese held a demonstration in Juba today (7 May) to protest the killing of a chief, a UN peacekeeper and a civilian in Abyei on 4 May. UNMISS
The members of the Security Council today in NY condemned in the strongest terms the attack by Misseriya elements on a convoy of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and a delegation of Ngok Dinka on Saturday (May 4), which resulted in the death of Ngok Dinka Paramount Chief Kuol Deng Kuol, an [...]
The government of South Sudan strongly condemned the killing of paramount chief and an Ethiopian Peacekeeper in Abyei region on Saturday (May 4th 2013). UNMISS
As the world marks the World Press Freedom Day today, the media in South Sudancontinues to struggle, radio being the main source of information for the country's citizens. UNMISS
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon met today (26 April) with the foreign minister of Sudan, Ali Ahmed Karti, at the United Nations in New York. UNTV
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has organized an intensive three-month training course in the English language for members of the Upper Nile State Legislative Assembly at the mission's compound on the outskirts of Malakal. UNMISS