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The United Nations mission in South Sudan’s protection site in Malakal comes alive every Saturday morning these days. At a field ideally located next to the youth center, there is squealing and laughter all around as a group…

A peace dialogue held between the communities of Mayiendit in Southern Liech and opposition-held Panyinjiar has pacified years of animosity and set in motion a reconciliation process that promises to restore peaceful…

“Join hands, stand against rape” is the South Sudanese national theme for this year’s campaign of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. Crude evidence suggests that short-term measures to enable women to stay…

Chinese military engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have begun rehabilitation of major travel and supply routes in Bahr el Ghazal to help bolster economic growth and rapprochement in the conflict…

Women in Twic are attributing a lack of opportunities and “brain drain” of educated females in their communities to deeply-entrenched traditional practices which relegate them to a secondary role. “I’ve applied for many…

The United Nations Police is currently training their South Sudanese counterparts in the greater Lakes region on community policing. The campaign, currently underway in Abyei-Chok in Gok and Cuei Chok in Western Lakes, aims…

High-ranking military officers from the government army, the main opposition force and the South Sudan Opposition Alliance have undergone training on understanding the legal framework of the protection of children. “It is a…

Women in Kuajok have expressed concerns about cultural practices impeding them from obtaining the 35 per cent representation in government that last year’s revitalized peace agreement grants them. This week, the ladies were…

For Lieutenant-Colonel Richmark Fernandes, a peacekeeper from India serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, being around animals has always brought joy. “In my village, we had a lot of chickens and cows…

“It was so stressful here when they attacked us that night. But I don’t think they will return again because you are here and we believe in you.” A resident of the small town of Rimenze expresses his relief at the arrival of…

The sun is yet to rise above the skyline. But police officers and military troops are already gathering outside the gates of the Protection of Civilians site next to the United Nations compound in Juba, the capital of South…

As if gently stirred awake by the affectionate early morning rays of the sun seeping in through a gap in their bedroom curtains, a group of women in Nimule received a pleasant stroke of enlightenment as a visiting team from…