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A new system of cooperation between United Nations and local police in the northeastern town of Wau is helping reduce crime and keep the community safe in the local Protection of Civilians site. The new system involves…

The repair of five boreholes damaged when violence erupted in Juba last year will increase access to clean water for the community of Durupi, located on the outskirts of the South Sudanese capital. The United Nations Mission…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has offered to increase peacekeeping patrols in the Eastern Equatorian town of Torit to improve security and help build peace. The region is suffering from a volatile security…

Just four months ago, Nancy Poni was sheltering under a tree with her newborn twins from the scorching sun and the violent attacks by cattle rustlers going on around her. Her village of Karpeto, in the Central Equatorias…

The land in Yambio is lush, rich in colour, and fertile – the perfect place to grow crops and raise farm animals. Located in the Western Equatorias region of South Sudan, Yambio is just 20 kilometres from the Democratic…

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…