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The intricate links between the rule of law and the COVID-19 pandemic were discussed by participants at a recent forum in Kapoeta, Eastern Equatoria State.
Despite the threat of COVID-19, life in Kapoeta in Eastern Equatoria continues pretty much as normal. Traders from the region and next-door Uganda and Kenya mix with soldiers and locals with few face masks or cares in the world to be spotted.
Three days of important talks in Juba as committees established to implement an action plan to release children from armed forces.
An action plan, no matter how comprehensive its scope, is only as good as its implementation.
At a recent consultative meeting in Kapoeta, women's representatives, human rights defenders and local authorities stressed on the need for a women's shelter to protect girls and young women who are survivors of sexual- and gender-based violence.
At a recent consultative meeting held by UNMISS Gender and Human Rights sections in Kapoeta, Eastern Equatoria, to identify projects of benefit for local communities under the mission’s Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) programme, provid
A team of peacekeepers serving with UNMISS arrived in Romich village on an air patrol to assess the security situation after several previous attempts to get there by road were thwarted by heavy flooding.This is the scene that greeted them a week after heavy fighting broke out between members of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces and armed youth.
An injured young man lies on out in the open on a dirty mattress. The inside of a medical clinic has been torched. Guns rest against the wall of a nearby building and damaged armoured tanks lie abandoned in flooded fields.
UNMISS, through a Quick Impact Project, has made it possible for students in Mayom, Unity State, to access education by handing over a fully renovated primary school. The project was actioned by the mission’s Relief, Reintegration and Protection section jointly with local implementing partner, Child’s Destiny and Development Organisation.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the largest disruption of education ever,” said United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres while launching the policy brief on COVID-19 and education earlier this month.
A joint team of civilian and military peacekeepers facilitated, implemented and handed over an isolation centre to the State COVID-19 Task Force in Bentiu, South Sudan.
As part of its ongoing support to the national-led COVID-19 response in South Sudan, various arms of UNMISS, including military peacekeepers from Ghana as well as civilian staff from Relief, Reintegration and Protection (RRP) and Engineering sections
UNMISS constructs a maternity ward at Opari, Eastern Equatoria, under its Quick Impact Projects programme.
Ante- and post-natal care for expectant mothers in Opari boma (administrative division), near Nimule, Eastern Equatoria, received a much-needed boost through a brand-new maternity ward constructed with UNMISS funding.
UNMISS has set up a temporary operating base in Tonj, Warrap State, following recent clashes. The peacekeeping team travelled 11 hours from Kuajok through heavily flooded territory to get to Tonj. They have started patrolling, and have held numerous meetings with local authorities, high-ranking military officers, community leaders and youth.
A temporary United Nations peacekeeping base has been set up in Tonj and regular patrols are underway to deter a fresh outbreak of violence following a series of clashes that resulted in the death and displacement of many civilians at the weekend.
UNMISS RRP in the mission's Torit Field Office held a series of meetings with local partners in Nimule, Eastern Equatoria, to identify quick impact projects that will have tangible health benefits for local populations.
The Relief Reintegration and Protection (RRP) unit at the UNMISS Torit Field Office has completed a series of meetings with health partners, civil society representatives, community leaders, women and local authorities in Nimule, Eastern Equatoria, to identify
Informative COVID-19 material and face masks were distributed at an event in Yambio, which also aimed to promote a sense of national identity and social cohesion.
Hundreds of face mask-wearing Yambio citizens have been spotted reading vital COVID-19 prevention messages in their own local languages, courtesy of the UN Mission in South Sudan.