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As the convoy of vehicles creeps along the tortuous, potholed and muddy roads, our brows furrow. Could they speak, they would have asked: “Shall we ever make it to the villages, or are weeks of meticulous planning potentially…

Following growing concerns over human rights violations in Jonglei, community members were given the chance to voice their grievances during a civil-military dialogue organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan…

Some say that justice delayed is justice denied, but few would argue that it is better served cold than not at all. Just ask the citizens of Western Lakes, where a UN-supported mobile court is currently tackling a substantial…

Last week, nearly two dozen children were officially released by armed groups in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal region and handed over to the National Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Commission (NDDRC).…

Last week, more than 40 senior members of opposition forces in Diel, Central Upper Nile, gathered during a two-day workshop facilitated by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Their aim was to identify concrete…

A mobile court set up earlier this year by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to try crimes committed in protection of civilian sites in Malakal has concluded its fourth session. “It has given us the chance to…

Faced with muddy quagmires caused by intense flooding, Mongolian peacekeepers have found an innovative way to reach communities in need in the Bentiu region of South Sudan. Trading in their diesel-powered 4-wheel-drives for…

A state of mind. An elusive dream. Hard-fought with many casualties. Agreed on. Waiting to happen. Partially achieved. Already here. The progress of peace, it seems, is a matter of perceptions. In South Sudan in 2019, peace…

Wielding hoes, slashers and rakes, more than 40 women with infants strapped to their backs joined Rwandan peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) this week in a community-wide clean-up…

“We have a cause to fight. We don’t just enjoy being in the military, we have decided to take up arms to defend our children,” says Captain Rebecca Nya Piuudup in opposition-controlled Mogok in Greater Jonglei. Their children…

A team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has visited the Jalwau County headquarters in Wunlit in the East Tonj region in a bid to put an end to an escalation of violence, including cattle raiding and revenge…

The year is 2006, the place is Liberia, West Africa. A United Nations peacekeeping mission with a mandate that includes capacity building is carrying out the recruitment of corrections officers. Among the applicants is a…