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JUBA - On the final day of his visit to Juba, the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix briefed the diplomatic community about the impact of the United Nations-wide financial crisis on the…
EASTERN EQUATORIA – "Through constructive dialogue, we have identified the challenges that, not only affect civil society, but also resonate throughout our communities and the state, and determined that unity is the only way…
JUBA - Touching down in Juba, the Under-Secretary-General for United Nations Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, is on a whirlwind visit to conflict-affected South Sudan to urge progress in the peace process and to…
WESTERN EQUATORIA - On a peaceful morning in Yambio, three children stand quietly under a sheltering canopy of mango trees, clutching a few personal belongings — a change of clothes, soap, and other essential items. These…
GPAA - Oman Obel, a 63-year-old farmer from Ottalo, Aduongo in Pochalla North County, urgently calls for action against the rising violence in his community. Last year, he experienced an unbearable tragedy when armed…
UNITY STATE - Her mother being killed in the bushes without anyone ever being held accountable was Mary’s first exposure to the absence of justice in South Sudan. Being raped by young men in her community at 12 years old, her…
KUAJOK - Marco Akec thinks that the word "transitional" defines not only the country’s government but also the state of his own life – as something almost permanent. “When I was little, people told me we were living under a…
A powerful, collective call for a cessation of hostilities between forces aligned with the parties to the peace deal in South Sudan was issued by regional and international partners at a forum focused on addressing the…
JONGLEI/GREATER PIBOR – K. doesn’t remember her age. It is believed that she is just 12 or 13, but she probably has more vivid memories than most adults. Perhaps, her remarkably stern facial expression is a result of some of…
UNITY - With extraordinary flooding submerging 70 percent of Unity State, hundreds of thousands of families have been forced to abandon their homes and livelihoods to seek sanctuary in a displacement camp on the tiny sliver…
TORIT - With ambushes and attacks on highways fueling insecurity in Eastern Equatoria, this year’s International Peace Day celebrations were profoundly significant for local communities, leaders, and stakeholders. It was an…
KUAJOK – Most everyone was on board when multiethnic residents of Warrap State, at least for a few hours, forgot about their divisions and got together to talk about, and celebrate, peace, and how it begins with all of us…