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About 15 directors of the South Sudan National Police Services in Aweil town in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State have received training on how to handle children in conflict with the law, human rights, and the role of the police…
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, World Health Day, annually commemorated on 7 April, is even more significant this year. “As we’ve seen with Coronavirus, prevention is better than cure,” stated Martha Akol Tor, a women’s…
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…
“The UN and our government should broker peace here and establish Community Policing Relations Committees in the area to control the youth. They break every peace agreement, raid, beat and kill us and our daughters,” said…
Some 15 police officers in Yambio, Western Equatoria State, have recently acquired new skills on crime investigations and how to create and maintain good relations with the citizens they protect. That last bit is essential.…
A group of corrections officers working for the South Sudan Prisons Service in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State have significantly increased their knowledge of human rights and skills and gender-based violence. “Previously I…
UN Police serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have handed over a vehicle to South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) in Wau, much to the satisfaction of citizens in the area. “Police patrols in my…
Driving the 230 km between Yambio and Mundri in Western Equatoria State typically takes two days, but things are about to change, for the better. Bangladeshi engineering troops serving with the United Nations Mission in South…
From the outskirts, Anyidi looks deserted, with a long dry season having taken its toll. Scattered green patches do, however, spell good news: the imminent arrival of times of much-needed rain. But on this day, a team of UN…
When the United Nations Mission in South Sudan is financing the expansion and renovation of the juvenile section of Wau Central Prison, many local women, employed by implementing partner Hold the Child Organization, are…
Roman Mungu looks disappointed. Deep in thought. Always sad. Even when his fellow soldiers are laughing. He has his reasons. “I thought my life would have changed for the better by now, but it has been over a year and I haven…
“We have lost too many women and children in this new bout of violence. Enough is enough,” says Magdalena, the agonized chief of the village of Lokosowan in Kapoeta North County, Eastern Equatoria State. She is talking about…