UNMISS News

8 August 2011 - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) signed a memorandum of understanding today with its host governmentto legally advance its operation according to international treaties. Deng Alor, South Sudanese…

28 September 2011 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General in South Sudan Hilde F. Johnson today praised South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's commitment to ensure political inclusion in his country's government…

Business prospectors and job seekers from different parts of Sudan and South Sudan are flocking to oil-rich Melut County, especially the payams (townships) of Paloich and Adar Yale. Located in Upper Nile State, Melut's seven…

While the status of transborder families remains unclear in Sudan, where recent legislation reportedly rules out dual citizenship, their fate appears clearer in nascent South Sudan. The Transitional Constitution of the…

26 September 2011 – UN agencies in South Sudan began a two-week training course for 40 of the country's police officers yesterday in the capital of Juba to build their capacities in crime awareness and investigation. The…

2 December 2011 - As part of the ongoing collaboration between the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operation and the government of Sweden on "Environmental and Health Issues in Peacekeeping Operations,UNMISS was…

21 September 2011 – A call for civilians to be disarmed was repeated across South Sudanese states during this year's International Day of Peace celebrations. Speaking at the event in the national capital Juba, Vice-President…

20 September 2011 – Continuing its campaign to raise local awareness about HIV/AIDS, UNMISS is holding a 10-day HIV/AIDS Change Agents Course for participants from the Government of South Sudan Uniformed Services in Rumbek…

6 September 2011 - UNMISS Force Commander Maj. Gen. Moses Bisong Obi today awarded UN commendation medals in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal state capital of Wau to Chinese military who had completed their South Sudanese service…