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JONGLEI - South Korean engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have begun rehabilitating the road connecting Jonglei state with the neighboring Greater Pibor Administrative Area. The main aim…

WARRAP - Tensions between communities and among bordering states continue across Warrap, South Sudan. Despite the signing of a peace accord by County Commissioners and community leaders from Tonj East and North in early…

WAU - Antonina Atieno Okuta, a Human Rights Officer working with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in Wau is confident that officers from the South Sudan National Police Service here have received the…

MALAKAL - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is consistently working to improve the capacities of local stakeholders in Malakal, Upper Nile state, especially when it comes to ensuring the security and…

LAKES - The impact of early and forced marriages on young girls: This was the burning topic of discussion as Lakes, South Sudan marked the ongoing 16 Days of Activism. More than 40 participants— schoolgirls, women’s groups…

WAU - South Sudan has a bounty of natural resources. However, this young nation has yet to harness its unlimited potential to benefit all communities. Peacekeepers deployed to Wau with the United Nations Mission in South…

CENTRAL EQUATORIA - “Local solutions are the best solutions. The problems in South Sudan are ours and we have the ability and capacity to solve them and take this country forward.” Yei River County Commissioner, Aggrey Cyrus…

BENTIU - “I have learned to be mindful of objects, no matter how familiar they look,” said Nyedel Tap Hoth a pupil of Naath Primary School in the Internally Displaced Person’s camp in Bentiu. Nydel was speaking after a 45…

BENTIU - “We are in a terrible situation. All our shelters are flooded, getting firewood to cook is tough and it's next to impossible to move between the town and the camp for displaced persons," reveals Peter Gatjuat Kuol…

BENTIU - “The time has come for South Sudanese women to take a leading role in their communities. Believe me, if women are given the opportunities we deserve, we will live in a peaceful country.” That was the passionate and…

LAINYA - More than 1000 women, men and children in Lainya town undertook a three-kilometer walk to mark 16 Days of Activism. They had a dual objective: To raise awareness regarding the need to eliminate all forms of violence…

JUBA - Sensitizing young minds on equal rights for women—that was the focus of an unconventional but necessary advocacy event in Juba during the ongoing 16 Days of Activism. “Violence against women and young girls is a fact…