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Sixteen years ago, a young newlywed Indian soldier was sent with his unit to the fairly remote state of Assam in the north eastern part of the country. With no electricity and little to do after completing the team’s…

Excited little voices chant welcome messages as the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) arrives at Mayen Gumel Primary School, located in the town of Kuajok, in north-western South Sudan. Some have those messages…

Twenty-five years ago, in 1994, Celine Kalingirwa was just being born in Rwanda, fondly known as the land of a thousand hills. She was just three months old when a bloody conflict consumed her country, leaving over one…

“When will the Transitional Government of National Unity be formed?” asks Professor Majok Yen, a youth representative, who lives in a UN protection of civilians site in South Sudan’s capital, Juba. He has been displaced for…

A group of women sing and dance joyfully, as they welcome the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to their secondary home – a resource centre for women and girls. Located in Aweil, in the far north-west of South…

An entertaining cultural dance greets the head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), as he visits a vocational training centre in Aweil town, located in the north-west of the country. One would be forgiven to…

As the sun sets over Wau, the second largest town in South Sudan, a group of people – estimated to be around one thousand – are hurdled together on open ground. Newly displaced by recent clashes between cattle herders and…

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) leaders in Wau are worried about the delay in the process to move forces to designated cantonment areas to pave the way for the formation of the national…

The Green Town Football Club of Aweil beat UNMISS 7-6 on penalties, with UNMISS missing the last spot kick in a football game that had ended 0-0 in regulation time. It was joy and jubilation for the visiting team at the end…

Ensuring respect for international human rights and international humanitarian laws at all times and by all soldiers now forms part of the new action plan of the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) in the Eastern…

Imagine an all-men tribunal sitting to hear a rape case and the only available woman is the victim seeking justice! For many years, such incidents have occurred in South Sudan, and passed unchallenged. “In our culture, women…

Pasqualina Usini walked from the village of Duma Bayam, located some ten miles north of Tambura town, because something historic was happening, and he wanted to be a part of it. For the first time in three years, two military…