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UNITY – The adage is old, but it still holds true: Sports unite; most recently some 10,000 people in Bentiu. They arrived from outside and within the town’s camp for internally displaced persons to watch a football match and…
NORTHERN-BAHR-EL-GHAZAL – Everyone can do something for peace, and on this day, under the theme “Peace Begins with Me”, the time had come to Pamat in Aweil North County. More than 5,000 people heeded the call and showed up…
BENTIU – Deafening explosions resounded around Rubkona town last night as a fire at the Division Four headquarters of the South Sudan People's Defense Force (SSPDF) ammunitions depot caused dangerous ordnance to rip into…
EASTERN EQUATORIA- Melancholic. Magnanimous. Massive or miserable. And, most importantly, multidirectional. Roads can be all of that, and more. Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan…
JUBA – This morning, the sound of gunshots ripped through the usual stillness of dawn adjacent to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan’s base in Malakal, the capital of Upper Nile state. Violence erupted among two…
WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL - Floods, deforestation, plastic pollution, and poor agricultural yields were good enough reasons for authorities in Wau to join peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to mark World…
WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL - Strong justice systems are the bedrock of peace and security. In the Greater Bahr El Ghazal area, which includes Warrap, Lakes and Northern Bahr El Ghazal, the state judiciary, therefore, plays a key…
EASTERN EQUATORIA - As South Sudan looks forward to holding its first ever free, fair and credible elections in December 2024, encouraging voluntary returns by those internally displaced due to conflict and civil war is…
EASTERN EQUATORIA – More than 26 ethnic groups recently gathered to renew their united commitment to harmonious coexistence. They did so at a cultural peace festival in Torit, jointly organized by the state’s Ministry of…
Sharing skills and knowledge with people around the world gives Liudmyla Odud from Ukraine both professional and personal satisfaction. As a UN Volunteer serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)…
WARRAP - "As police, we are supposed to serve and protect communities. To do that we must be at par with international policing standards,” says Angelo Akot, an investigator for the South Sudan National Police Service. Mr…
CENTRAL EQUATORIA – With elections slated for 2024, a peace process riddled with delays and the need to write an inclusive permanent constitution, South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, is at a critical moment in its…