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The United Nations Mission in South Sudan ( UNMISS) is a United Nations peacekeeping mission for South Sudan, which became independent on 9 July 2011. UNMISS [1] was established on 8 July 2011 by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1996 (2011). Since December 2016, UNMISS has been led by the Secretary-General's Special Representative ...
Battle of Juba (2016) A civilian casualty of the battle is carried to a makeshift grave. The Battle of Juba of 2016 was a series of clashes in South Sudan capital of Juba between rival factions of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) loyal to President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar respectively.
Juba ( / ˈdʒuːbə /) [2] is the capital and largest city of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of the Central Equatoria State. It is the most recently declared national capital and had a population of 525,953 in 2017. It has an area of 52 km 2 (20 sq mi), with the metropolitan area covering 336 ...
Juba Peace Agreement. Signed on October 3, 2020, the Juba Peace Agreement (also called the Juba Agreement) is a landmark concord between Sudan's transitional government and a handful of the country's rebel groups. Since Sudan gained its independence in 1956, the nation has been plagued by various civil wars and internal conflicts—namely the ...
Other missions or delegations in Juba. European Union (EUAVSEC South Sudan) [6] Somaliland (Representative Office) [7] Sweden (Embassy Office) [8] Switzerland (Cooperation Office and Consular Agency) [9] United Nations (United Nations Mission in South Sudan – UNMISS) [10]
The operation replaces the previous military operation UNAMID, a cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union, which ended on 31 December 2020. Mid 2023 Abdel Fattah al-Burhan demanded that UNITAMS head Volker Perthes be dismissed. In November the government of Sudan requested that the mission be ended.
The United Nations Mission in the Sudan ( UNMIS) was established by the UN Security Council under Resolution 1590 [1] of 24 March 2005, in response to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement on January 9, 2005, in Sudan.
South Sudan (/ s uː ˈ d ɑː n,-ˈ d æ n /), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a country in East Africa which is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya including the vast swamp region of the Sudd, formed by the White Nile and known locally as the Bahr al Jabal, meaning "Mountain Sea".