By Samira Y Salifu, April 19, 2021(UNMISS) — 20 United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) workers were rescued by Rwandan peacekeepers and United Nations Mission Observers from UNMISS, after being ambushed in Longiro, an area some 58 kilometres north of Torit, Eastern Equatoria. They were part of a team from G4S Global contracted by UNMAS. “We found them shaken and […]
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Feb 23, 2021(SSNN) — A fistfight broke-out at Juba International Airport on Monday afternoon as the Tigrayans forces, who served in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan(UNMISS), refused to board a scheduled plane to return to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Speaking to media after the fistfight, the UN spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, explained that the argument began in the airport on […]
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FRANCESCA MOLD, Nov 21, 2020(SSNN) — When South Sudan won independence almost a decade ago, it inherited an infrastructure devastated by civil war. Government buildings, power and water supplies as well as roads were destroyed. The country’s climate hasn’t helped the process of rebuilding in the wake of a peace deal. Heavy floods often leave roads impassable during the long […]
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Oct 26, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, met the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, David Shearer, earlier today at his residence in the capital, Juba. Speaking to media after the meeting, the Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan said the two leaders discussed the need for him and Machar to […]
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MOSES PASI Oct 26, 2020(SSNN) — Eighteen South Sudanese women who have survived civil war, displacement and sexual violence build their skills every day at the UNMISS car washing bay where they ensure the mission’s vehicles are in top condition to reach remote communities across the world’s newest country. “With the money I earn working at the UNMISS car washing […]
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Oct 21, 2020(SSNN) — Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have brought joy to cattle keepers in Wau by offering much-needed free veterinary services for their livestock. “I used to have more than 300 cows, but due to an acute shortage of medications I have lost about 70 of them, plus four goats, in recent […]
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By Kang JJ, Oct 5, 2020(SSNN) — The UNMISS should fulfil their humanitarian mission in South Sudan by protecting the IDPs until there is a tangible success in the peace process that has become static unless IGAD and AU are allowing another genocide or something worse than the 2016 massacres, they should forbid. The assumption that the IDPs should feel […]
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By Emmanuel Kele, Oct 3, 2020(SSNN)— Civil society and faith-based groups in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State have called for the speedy formation of a state government to strengthen peace and security and improve service delivery, not least the construction of roads and health facilities. “Forming a state government has delayed, and this has a big negative impact on everyone living here,” […]
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By JULIO BRATHWAITE Sep 29, 2020(SSNN) — “I’m very proud to be a part of UNMISS,” says Captain Chunadevi Paudel, a peacekeeper from Nepal, upon receiving the United Nations medal for her commitment to the cause of durable peace across South Sudan. “I think what I have been most struck by are the people of South Sudan. They have been […]
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MACH SAMUEL, Sep 24, 2020(SSNN) — The South Sudan National Police Services in Greater Jonglei have received ten motorbikes from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to improve their mobility and hence ability to protect civilians. The vehicles were donated to the peacekeeping mission by the South Korean government. “I can hardly believe it that I will no longer […]
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By OKELLO JAMES, UNMISS Press Release Sep 24, 2020(SSNN) — The Civil Society Network in Eastern Equatoria State is developing new strategies to secure additional funding and improve collaboration with state authorities. Their goal? To increase the number of civic engagement centres for smoother coordination of local activities. A two-day forum to discuss such strategies, recently organized by the United […]
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Sep 23, 2020(SSNN) — Members of South Sudan’s Internally Displaced community, the IDPs, who are speaking out, believe that the United Nations Mission in South Sudan(UNMISS) is doctoring its mandates in favor of Salva Kiir government to be able to raise more funding and expand its mission. A group of international displaced persons interviewed by South Sudan News Now (SSNN) […]
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July 16, (SSNN) – Two aid workers in South Sudan were shot dead along with four people they were helping after members of an unknown armed group attacked them early this week, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in the country said Thursday. South Sudan is one of the most dangerous places in the world for humanitarian workers even after the country’s […]
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July 3, 2020 (SSNN) – The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN mission to South Sudan, David Shearer, has said that 57 UN personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. Shearer said the peacekeepers could have contracted the virus due to what he described as “continuous close interactions with the South Sudanese population.” “Forty-five of […]
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January 24th, 2020 (SSNN)—The Special Representative of the Sectretary-General and head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, David Shearer has said that UNMISS is willing to increase the presence of its patrolling peacekeepers in certain areas, at the request of the opposition, but only if the proposal is approved by all Parties. “There have been recent requests […]
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BRIEFING BY THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL MR. DAVID SHEARER RJMEC 23 JANUARY 2020 • Chair • Excellencies • Friends and colleagues I want to begin by wishing everyone a happy new year. We all hope that 2020 will be the year in which sustainable peace is consolidated in South Sudan. Next month we will again hit the deadline […]
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Dec 10th, 2019 (SSNN)-The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UMMISS) has selected about 40 senior officers from the South Sudan Defence Forces (SSPDF), Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-iO), and South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) to attend an interactive training on child protection policy. According to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, the forty officers expressed their […]
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Dec 4th, 2019 (SSNN)-The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is calling for an end to intercommunal violence that has reportedly claimed lives of more than 70 people and wounded an unspecified number of civilians between the Gak and Manuer communities. “This fighting must stop. We are urging the communities involved and their leaders to put an end […]
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Nov 22nd, 2019 (SSNN)-The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has urged citizens to maintain positive expectations and wait patiently for the Parties to the R-ARCSS to complete unimplemented pre-transitional tasks during this 100-days extended pre-transitional period. Speaking to the press in the capital Juba, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, David Shearer acknowledged that the […]
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Nov 15th, 2019 (SSNN) —The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, David Shearer, during a press conference on Thursday before the African Union Peace and Security Council on the situation in South Sudan, urged South Sudanese leaders to put an immediate end to the conflict that has claimed more than 400,000 lives and forced million from their homes. “The […]
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