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Contract: Fixed term full-time contract (12 months) Start Date: As soon as possible Direct Reports include: WASH Engineer and Environmental Hygiene Officer. You will Liaise with: Country Director, Systems Director, Programme Director, Deputy Programme Director, Security Coordinator, Programme Managers, Logistics and Finance team in Bentiu & Juba, About the role: This is a 12 month, replacement role with unaccompanied terms based in Bentiu, South Sudan with frequent travel to programme sites, in...

UNMISS troops protect humanitarians attacked by angry Ruweng youths Nepalese peacekeepers arrive in Juba from Haiti to reinforce the military component of the UN Mission in South Sudan [Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy] Mongolian peacekeepers have acted quickly to protect humanitarian workers who were attacked by angry youths during a demonstration in the remote area of Jam Jang in the newly created Ruweng Administrative Area which was hived off Unity State, UNMISS said in a statement.  “On Saturda...

Conflict Sensitivity Analysis: United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites transition: Bentiu, Unity State, and Malakal, Upper Nile State Format This Conflict Sensitivity Analysis (CSA) was requested by the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group in October 2020 and examines the conflict sensitivity implications of the transition of UN Protection of Civilian sites in Bentiu, Unity State, and Malakal, Upper Nile State, from sites under the protection of United Nati...

Uhuru pursues Suluhu: Why Kenya is dying for a new chapter with Tanzania by ELIUD KIBII Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan speaks with the media after talks with Kenyan special envoy Amina Mohamed (Sports CS) at State House, Dar es Salaam, on April 10, 2021. Image: STATE HOUSE DAR ES SALAM • On Saturday, through a message, Uhuru assured President Hassan that Kenya is ready to cooperate with Tanzania and extended an invitation to her to Kenya. • The following day...

Property of unknown value was destroyed after a fire burnt down shops in Mayom main market of Unity State.

Final blow to Kenya as Uganda, Tanzania seal pipeline deal by VICTOR AMADALA An image of three possible route of the oil pipeline. The shortest route passes through the Serengeti Park in Tanzania, which was protested by environmentalists •The pipeline would have cut through northern Kenya and the Lokichar Basin from Hoima in western Uganda before reaching the port city of Lamu. •The Ugandan President termed the signing of the oil pipeline project as ‘the third victory ...

Mongolian peacekeepers treat and evacuate wounded after cattle raid attack near Mayom Format Filip Anderson Together with local authorities and the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces, a group of 19 Mongolian peacekeepers based in Mayom recently treated and evacuated 27 persons who were wounded during a cattle raid claiming several lives. The attack, which according to local sources claimed at least 19 lives, reportedly took place in Bouda, Warrap State, near Majok River and Unity State. Rece...

BACKGROUND ON IMPACT AND REACH IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organisation manages several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative. The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis, GIS and remote-sensing. IMPACT was launched at the initiative of ACTED, an international NGO whose headquarter is based in Paris and is present in thirty countries. The two organizations have a strong complementarity formalized in a gl...

Deadly Mayom attack leaves 18 dead, 27 injured At least 18 people were killed and 27 others sustained gunshot wounds when an armed youth group attacked Mayom County in Unity State on Sunday morning.  “The incident occurred at 3 am. Cattle camp belonging to a spiritual leader called Garang Mut Tura in the Bouding area of Mayom County, killing 18 people on the spot, including six women and girls. 27 people, including 12 children were injured while 429 cows were raided,” Stephen Salaam Maluit...

IOM’s Midwife Champions Safe and Dignified Deliveries in Bentiu Protection of Civilians Site Format Tabitha Nyapieth, 36, a midwife, stands inside the IOM clinic in Bentiu PoC site. © IOM/Liatile Putsoa Thirty-six-year-old Tabitha Nyapieth works as a midwife at the primary health care centre in the United Nations Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Bentiu, in South Sudan’s Unity State. The health facility is run and managed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). She loves...