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Sun is all you need: UNMISS empowers Rumbek radio station
Bangladeshi engineers become first Regional Protection Force members to receive UN medal in South...
Improved relations between Madi community and armed forces encourage returns to Pageri
“Stability, reconciliation and resilience” key ingredients for peace and prosperity in Yambio: Head...
Displaced boys and girls in Bentiu receive volleyball training by UN peacekeepers
Malakal celebrates South Sudan’s independence anniversary for the first time since 2013
OHCHR | UN demands justice for civilians deliberately and ruthlessly targeted in attacks in South...
UN SRSG for Sexual Violence in Conflict condemns use of rape as a tactic of war in South Sudan
UN and AU “solidarity” mission says hope for peace and nation-building remains alive in South Sudan
Bangladeshi peacekeepers awarded UN medals for their service in Wau and Kuajok

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Displaced boys and girls in Bentiu receive volleyball training by UN peacekeepers

Nyayida Osama is one of more than 40 volleyball-playing boys and girls staying at the UN protection site in Bentiu who is being coached by Cambodian peacekeepers to promote unity and peaceful interaction between youth.

11 Jul 2018

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“Stability, reconciliation and resilience” key ingredients for peace and prosperity in Yambio: Head of UNMISS

Business is booming in the town of Yambio.

The markets are bustling with families buying vegetables and fruit. Bodabodas are busy transporting people across town. A hair and nail salon is doing a brisk business as women pop out for a lunchtime pampering session.

11 Jul 2018

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Improved relations between Madi community and armed forces encourage returns to Pageri

In the abandoned town and villages of Pageri County, community members are gradually and voluntarily returning from refugee camps in Uganda and Kenya. Over 300 returnees have resettled in Pageri in recent months, after having fled the area following the crisis in 2016.

12 Jul 2018

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Bangladeshi engineers become first Regional Protection Force members to receive UN medal in South Sudan

Just three weeks ago, Bangladeshi peacekeepers were paying tribute to their colleague Ashraf Siddiqui, who was killed in action by an armed group in South Sudan.

13 Jul 2018

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Sun is all you need: UNMISS empowers Rumbek radio station

Joseph Madit and Deng Mayen used to be privileged. As fluent speakers of Arabic, English and Dinka, they have always been able to enjoy a broad range of media outlets. Now others in Rumbek can, too.

13 Jul 2018

Sun is all you need: UNMISS empowers Rumbek radio station

Joseph Madit and Deng Mayen used to be privileged. As fluent speakers of Arabic, English and Dinka, they have always been able to enjoy a broad range of media outlets. Now others in Rumbek can, too.

13 Jul 2018

Bangladeshi engineers become first Regional Protection Force members to receive UN medal in South Sudan

Just three weeks ago, Bangladeshi peacekeepers were paying tribute to their colleague Ashraf Siddiqui, who was killed in action by an armed group in South Sudan.

13 Jul 2018

Improved relations between Madi community and armed forces encourage returns to Pageri

In the abandoned town and villages of Pageri County, community members are gradually and voluntarily returning from refugee camps in Uganda and Kenya. Over 300 returnees have resettled in Pageri in recent months, after having fled the area following the crisis in 2016.

12 Jul 2018

“Stability, reconciliation and resilience” key ingredients for peace and prosperity in Yambio: Head of UNMISS

Business is booming in the town of Yambio.

The markets are bustling with families buying vegetables and fruit. Bodabodas are busy transporting people across town. A hair and nail salon is doing a brisk business as women pop out for a lunchtime pampering session.

11 Jul 2018

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