Bashir Hamid is a cattle keeper from Misseriya, a nomadic community living in the border zone between Sudan and South Sudan. In the dry season, the 56-year-old and his people migrate across the border into Dinka territory of…
The gifting of two new classrooms and an office by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to a secondary school in Gogrial will help boost educational opportunities for children in the area. The Quick Impact Project at the…
The Outreach team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan went on a special mission to spread end-of-year holiday season greetings to the partners it has worked with to promote peace throughout 2017. With a festively…
The National Staff Association of the UN Mission in South Sudan has mobilized a variety of items to support vulnerable children at the Juba Orphanage Home and Al-Shabbah Children’s Hospital in the capital, Juba. Items…
The Sudan People’s Liberation Army brigade based in the troubled town of Pibor has committed to protecting children caught up in the armed conflict that has raged across the country for four years. Brigade 23 has pledged to…
After four years living in cramped conditions, families are finally leaving the protected camp next to the United Nations base in Melut to return to their homes. Hundreds of people have sought sanctuary at the site since…
“I am 55 years old and I am attending school with my children and my grandchildren. They even help me study and understand what we are learning.” These are the words of Rita Chol, one of the candidates from the United Nations…
The arrival of 150 Nepalese peacekeepers in Torit is enabling the United Nation to extend its presence through increased patrols across the eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan to help protect civilians and build durable…
Sport as a universal language can be a powerful tool to promote peace, tolerance and understanding by bringing people across boundaries, cultures and religions together. In Melut in the Upper Nile region, peacekeepers from…
A new team of community leaders has been elected to the Peace and Security Council (PSC) at the Protection of Civilians site next to the United Nations base in Malakal, in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan. The team is…
Victims of human rights violations and abuses committed during the South Sudanese civil war should not lose hope that the perpetrators will be held accountable, says the chair of the Human Rights Commission in South Sudan…
Internally displaced people living in the United Nations protection site in Bentiu are claiming back their human rights. Ongoing engagement with women in the site in the Unity region, including a recent workshop organized by…