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28 journalists in Western Equatoria recently completed a three-day UNMISS training on journalistic practices and the role of media partners in building a durable, inclusive peace across South Sudan. Photo by Felix Katie/UNMISS.
As South Sudan gears up to celebrate a decade of Independence and begins drafting a permanent constitution, the United Nations Peacekeeping mission here UNMISS, is continuing efforts to help build a durable peace in the world…
Some 13 young women in Wau, South Sudan, are building income-generating skills in tailoring and sewing thanks to UNMISS peacekeepers from Bangladesh. Photo by Alahayi Nemaya/UNMISS.
Some 13 women in Wau, South Sudan, are now in the process of learning how to cut patterns, design and sew clothes, thanks to a month-long training on tailoring skills run by UNMISS peacekeepers from Bangladesh. Participating…
Sometimes, happiness is being given a proper football kit. Photos: James Sokiri/UNMISS
Ever wondered what equipment that would be needed to prepare twelve teams for a football tournament? Of course you have, and here’s the correct answer: 288 kits of jerseys and shorts, 288 pairs of adequate footwear, 288 pairs…
And the girls are marching in, to a sports for peace tournament in Warrap State. Photos: Manyang Mayom/UNMISS
Sports unite, they say. Football, the beautiful game and undisputed king as the most popular sport in the world, definitely does. The proof? Look no further than South Sudan’s Warrap State, where almost 7,000 people, with…
Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar, UNMISS Force Commander, recently visited the temporary operating base in Koch, Unity State.
Preventing conflict from breaking out or swiftly mitigating its effects on innocent civilians by establishing temporary bases in hotspots is a key priority of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Koch County in Unity…
A circle of participants at a workshop raising awareness on the ills of sexual gender-based violence. Photos: Peter Ring Ariik Kuol/UNMISS
A loud call for rule of law and an end to using physical force against women and other practices affecting females negatively was heard at a two-day workshop organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to raise…
UNMISS peacekeepers have been making quite a difference for residents in Yei and Lasu, not least by organizing a medical camp where some 500 patients were treated.
Residents in Lasu, a village bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo, have long lived in fear of being caught up in clashes between different armed groups in the area. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan is patiently…
Schoolchildren took over, mostly, Radio Miraya on the Day of the African Child. Photos: Moses Pasi/UNMISS
Early, and often forced, marriages are alarmingly common in South Sudan. What, then, could be a better way to mark the Day of the African Child than by raising awareness on the potentially lifelong scars caused by this…
Senior police officers in Yambio pondering humanity, human rights and community policing at a workshop organized by UN Police. Photos: Martin Siba/UNMISS
Human rights and how to build a good relationship with the citizens they serve were top of the agenda when UN police officers trained some of their South Sudanese counterparts in Western Equatoria State. For some of the…
County commissioners in Upper Nile State recently got together and agreed to set political differences aside to work for peace. Photos: Samson Liberty/UNMISS
The thirteen county commissioners in Upper Nile State have pledged to work tirelessly to promote peace, reconciliation and development in their respective areas. “We need to embrace unity in our counties, divide things…
When there is no road, you make one as you move forward. A distance of 197 km to reach Pajut with humanitarian aid took four days.
Everybody needs food, but what if there is none and the suffering community lives far, far off the beaten track? World Food Programme faced this challenge when trying to reach the people of Pajut in Jonglei State. The…
Both Indian and Sri Lankan peacekeepers recently received UN medals for their dedicated work in the name of peace. Photos: Mach Samuel/UNMISS
It was a day for rejoicing and to relish for Indian and Sri Lankan peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Not only was their UN Force Commander in Bor to salute them, but he he also pinned medals…