UNMISS News

Samuel laughs constantly. Loudly. Uproariously. Infectiously. Even at the most inappropriate times. When I ask why he is so happy all the time, his carer explains that Samuel is not a joyous little boy. He has laughed like…

"For more than 10 years I have been using a small, battery-operated flashlight to help women deliver their babies,” reveals Mary Jurkuch, a midwife working at the Panyagor primary healthcare centre in Twic East county…

Joy Mbaraza from South Sudan was born into a family of musicians and started singing with her church choir at a very young age. This mother of five holds a Bachelor’s degree in social work and in this short interview tells us…

Major Bindeshwari Tanwar is an army officer from India and a mother to a young son. This 34-year-old peacekeeper is married to a fellow officer and, in this interview, speaks about her commitment to protect and serve those…

Deputy Inspector Martina de Maria Sandoval Linares from El Salvador has an eight-year-old daughter and comes from a large family. This committed UNPOL officer speaks about what motivates her and why, despite the sacrifices it…

Captain Ritu Pandey is a 29-year-old army officer from Nepal currently deployed to UNMISS. In this interview, she speaks about being a female military officer, serving in South Sudan and leading an all-women engagement team…

Captain Ahlam Al-Habahbeh from Jordan is currently serving as an UNPOL officer in South Sudan. In this short interview, Ahlam speaks about her work and why, she believes, serving for United Nations Peacekeeping is a career…

Atupele Mbewe hails from southern Malawi and is currently deployed to UNMISS as a staff officer at the mission’s headquarters in Juba, South Sudan. In this short interview, this committed peacekeeper and mother speaks about…

As peacekeepers, when we’re patrolling, we meet everybody—women, men, children, the elderly, the disabled,” says Sub Lieutenant Agnes Arthur from Ghana. “Conflict affects men and women differently. In South Sudan, which is…

An armed clash in Jahjah village, located near Koch in the Unity region of South Sudan, has led to homes and offices being ransacked and burnt to the ground. “When the looting started, most of us ran to nearby areas to…

“I will accept herds of cattle but not a girl child,” said Lina Ibira, mother of a 35-year-old man who was killed in Burung village last April. Lina was speaking about an established cultural practice in South Sudan which…

“2020 was a bad year for everybody living here since we were caught in a vicious cycle of intercommunal clashes, revenge attacks and cattle raids,” said Gadet Madut, county commissioner in Mayom, Unity state, South Sudan.…