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Fresh moves are underway to revive the stalled integration of thousands of former rebel fighters into South Sudan’s regular military forces in a bid to transform the troubled town of Yambio from a culture of war to one of…

Traditional huts, or tukul, of bamboo, mud brick and thatched roof stand strong. Women wait in line at the borehole for their turn to fill yellow jerricans with water. A group of men sit under a tree chatting about politics…

Through its quick impact project programme, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, is providing a supply of clean water to violence-affected communities across the country. Residents of Munuki…

The Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, David Shearer, has expressed his gratitude to Germany’s Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs for the country’s contribution to the protection of civilians and building of…

The arrival of a UN regional force in South Sudan will enable the UN Mission in the country, UNMISS to free up additional peacekeepers to mount more “patrols along insecure roads,” the head of the Mission, David Shearer has…

Emergency repairs carried out by UN peacekeepers at Malakal airport in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan will have a “long-term impact on the local population” according to a senior military officer of the UN Mission in…

UNPOL officer in South Sudan, Cynthia Anderson records date of search on shelter in displaced persons camp in Juba. South Sudanese citizens who have been displaced to UN protection camps as a result of conflict say they feel…

For the 30,000 people living in a protection of civilian’s site in Malakal, a day visit by the United Nations Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix, may go un-noticed, mainly because each of them is struggling in more ways…

The engagement of countries in eastern Africa in a process aimed at revitalizing the peace process and bringing an end to conflict in South Sudan is a “good thing” the head of global UN peacekeeping operations has said. Jean…

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…