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Civilians seeking shelter at the UN protection site in Bentiu are demanding that the parties to the revitalized peace agreement demilitarize civilian’s centres across the Unity region to allow them to return to their homes…
Some 600 pupils in Bentiu are celebrating an end to torturous rainy days, thanks to the timely intervention of Mongolian United Nations peacekeepers serving in the area. The Mongolian peacekeepers, serving under the United…
Some survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in South Sudan are condemned and rejected by their families, and the country’s Council of Churches (SSCC) wants this stigmatization of survivors of conflict-related sexual…
At 7.56 a.m. on Monday, Pulpham Ngor and her daughter, Chan Gatluak, boarded a commercial flight from Bor to see an eye surgeon at Boluk Eye Clinic in Juba. There, she would undergo successful 30-minute emergency eye surgery…
As the world marked the International Day for the Elimination of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, an audience at the Malakal Stadium were sitting in quiet reflection as they listened to the words spoken by 22-year-old Julia…
There is a new push to put an end to the spectre of conflict-related sexual violence in South Sudan, with a new form of engagement between civil society and the military. At a dialogue organized by the Human Rights Division…
When violence erupted in the villages around Bor, Paul Duop Lam ran for his life, heading straight to the United Nations base in the town in the hope of finding sanctuary. Five years later, the camp has become his home. He…
United Nations peacekeepers stationed in South Sudan's Aweil area have started giving English and Mathematics lessons to students at Aweil Secondary School, to fill a gap left by teachers who have abandoned the profession.…
A group of women waits to welcome a high-powered delegation of politicians from South Sudan’s north. Gogrial area’s Governor Victor Atem Atem and his Twic counterpart, Governor Atem Madut Yak are jetting in onboard United…
It’s a crisp Saturday morning. The sun is out, and so are close to a thousand Juba-based peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Charged and motivated, they have shown-up early, and are ready to…
It may have started like any other day, but this was no ordinary day for a bunch of excited South Sudanese students. Marking the Day of the African Child a couple of days early, they took on the reigns of the UN Radio station…
Zimbabwe’s Emma Madziva stands at attention as a medal is pinned on her left breast pocket, just next to her name tag. The five-feet-three-inches-tall peacekeeper now proudly wears her first-ever United Nations medal…