Boy playing in streets of Upper Nile capital Malakal, which has seen heavy fighting between government and opposition forces during South Sudan conflict. Photo: UNMISS/Edward Kargbo
A visiting UNMISS team engaged with local communities in Gondokoro, where land conflicts between farmers and cattle herders from elsewhere have led to tensions and insecurity. Photo by Issac Billy/UNMISS/UNMISS.
Youth in South Sudan often have difficulties finding learning opportunities and jobs. In Bor, peacekeepers from South Korea have conducted (Bor) 3-month-long vocational trainings for young, and now optimistic, women & men. In Akobo, UNMISS has funded a similar initiative. Photo: Mach Samuel/UNMISS.
At the prison in Kuajok, the vocational trainings initiated by UNMISS previously have an impact by offering inmates to develop skills in tailoring, farming and accounting.