The conflict in South Sudan has to end in order to give the peace process in the country a “better chance of success” according to the most senior UN peacekeeping official. The UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping…
South Sudanese journalists have been urged by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) “to report news truthfully, accurately and fairly.” Addressing media workers at the closing ceremony of a one month training programme in…
Thirty-nine year old Kuey Koak Deng from South Sudan was studying at a local college in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia when he met 30-year old Alim Sayaai Kedan. It was not long after their first meeting that Kuey asked for Alim’s…
On a long winding road in Malakal town, lined mostly with county government offices and ministry headquarters, Eliza Wanykow Chan opens her teashop. It is 6 o’clock in the morning. The town is just coming to life. In the…
Looking sharp in their military uniforms, men and women from the Rwanda Aviation Unit 5 (RAU 5) stood proudly as they were awarded UN Medals in recognition of their service. In a jubilant ceremony, the United Mission in South…
Internally displaced people seeking sanctuary at a Catholic church in Rimenze are grateful to UN peacekeepers for their willingness to stay with them overnight in what they describe as “hell on earth”. The community took…
Religious and political leaders are being urged to lead a peace and reconciliation campaign in the Lakes region of South Sudan, which has been the scene of ongoing intercommunal conflict driven by cattle-raiding. At a…
It is 6.30 in the morning and as the sun rises some 250 UN police officers and support staff prepare to enter a camp for displaced people adjacent to the UN base in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. Around 39,000 people live…
Members of the United Nations Security Council have urged South Sudanese leaders to seize the opportunity to revitalise the peace process offered by a new plan to bring “estranged” groups together, restore the ceasefire, and…
A campaign to get young girls to go back to school and to encourage teachers to deliver a better education has been launched in Bentiu, northern South Sudan. The Undersecretary of the National Ministry of General Education…
A joint delegation of UN and government officials have condemned an armed attack on a small community in the Jonglei region of South Sudan in which dozens of people were killed and wounded, children were abducted, and…
Fifty-six year old Gabriel Gatluak Kuei was forced to flee his home in Jebel, on the outskirts of Juba, the capital of South Sudan, after fighting broke out in 2013. Since then, he has been living in the Protection of…