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KUAJOK – Civil society organizations are seen as the voice of the people, advocating for communities and promoting peaceful solutions. However, in Warrap State, their voice often struggles to reach far enough. This week, in…

WAU - Too often in South Sudan, women are excluded from political and peacebuilding opportunities, despite their critical importance in advancing peace and security in the conflict-ridden country. To help women increase their…

PIBOR - Rebecca Zuagin remembers a time when simply selling tea and porridge in Pibor town was a struggle. Her small restaurant, her lifeline, faced a relentless onslaught. "The experience was painful," Rebecca recalls. "We…

KUAJOK – “It’s difficult to say how people feel. We all long for the violent outbreaks to stop but people also fear not being able to defend themselves if the worst happens.” At Manyang Kuel market, Alook Deng Akok has…

WESTERN EQUATORIA - “The best way to build peace is when people sit down together to talk, forgive one another and reconcile.” Archbishop Samuel Enosa Peni is a great believer in the power of traditional justice processes to…

TORIT – “Our lives have turned from bad to better.” Alimu Robert Godfrey is one of 107 young people, including 35 women, benefiting from an initiative to improve opportunities to find jobs and build businesses as well as…

As day breaks at the United Nations base in Wau, dozens of peacekeepers are already bustling about, preparing for an important patrol to remote Deim Zubeir in the north-western corner of South Sudan. Their mission is to…

LAKES - In Lakes state, cattle are a form of currency, a source of wealth, and a symbol of status. Owning large herds means having a higher social standing, being able to pay a dowry for marriage, and never going hungry…

BOR - Mary Ajah Deng has been battling diabetes lately. Her vision is blurry and wounds on her leg are healing far too slowly, preventing her from walking. Her 17-year-old daughter must balance taking care of her with going…

WARRAP STATE – “Where is Angelo?” It’s been three years since they met, with the last one, without tiring fighting, having rendered Anguei Angelo Madit unrecognizable even to his old friends. In 2022, during an outbreak of…

WESTERN EQUATORIA – Once, almost 400 people called Mosso, some 50 kilometers from Tambura, home. Isolation and years of insecurity-induced displacement have reduced the current population to 15 hardy souls. “Killings and…

Jaella Brockmann WARRAP STATE – It was 1975 when traditional chiefs from across what has since 2011 been South Sudan came together in Western Bahr El Ghazal to realize their vision of a uniform customary law – the Quanun Wanh…