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The South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) has been urged to take the lead in the respect and promotion of human rights. The issue was discussed at a recent training event organized by the UN Police field office in…
Roads are vital to drive commerce and connect people in Jonglei and Boma states with South Sudan’s capitol city Juba, said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, David Shearer, during a recent visit to Bor. Mr…
One hundred and fifty women draped in white gowns sing messages of peace in the town of Akobo, in a remote and hard-to-reach area in the north-east of the South Sudan close to the border with Ethiopia. They wave placards…
The team of engineers are working in a smooth rhythm that comes from long hours spent working closely together to build desperately needed infrastructure in war-torn South Sudan. It is backbreaking work, toiling in scorching…
“What I want is peace;” those are the words of a South Sudanese primary school teacher in Sopo, a village along the road to Raja in the former Western Bahr Al- Ghazal State The teacher was talking to a protection patrol…
Senior South Sudanese army officers have been urged to show leadership by ensuring their troops protect children caught up in armed conflict and prevent the recruitment and use of children as fighters. The child protection…
Indian peacekeeping veterinarians held a special camp to treat sick cattle and a training demonstration in support of farmers in the flood-stricken Pibor area as part of week-long United Nations Day celebrations. Thousands of…
A new pocket-sized card designed to remind all United Nations personnel serving in South Sudan of their responsibility to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse has been launched by the Special-Representative of the Secretary…
Work has begun on repairing a major road linking the capital Juba to communities living in the north of the city by Bangladeshi engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. The maintenance operation will…
The efforts of the United Nations to provide humanitarian aid, security, and support for the peace process in the troubled Jonglei region have been praised by local authorities during UN Day celebrations. UN personnel came…
Jubilant songs and celebratory shouts from the diverse tribes of Imatong State rang out across Torit town during a cultural festival marking the 72 nd Anniversary of the United Nations. The beating of drums and the sound of…
The 160-kilometre journey from the capital of South Sudan to the town of Yei in the south-west of the country should take no more than a couple of hours. But war and weather have damaged the main route from Juba so badly that…