The much-awaited ‘Sport for Peace’ football tournament has finally started at the Yei Checkpoint playground in South Sudan’s capital, Juba. Sponsored by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) with support from the…
A spate of intercommunal violence, revenge attacks and abductions, leaving death and displacement in its wake, has been a recurring feature in Jonglei state in the recent past. This disturbing trend is cancelling all the…
Members of the organized forces in Yambio, Western Equatoria, have made a commitment to promote human rights as they work to protect and serve local communities. The renewed vow was made during a day-long workshop organized…
Years of civil war has decimated infrastructure and housing across much of South Sudan. UNMISS peacekeepers from Pakistan deployed to Bentiu, Unity state, therefore, conducted a three-week course in construction and masonry…
Juba, 26 July 2021: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan is urging local and national authorities to put an end to extrajudicial executions following the killing of at least 42 people accused of criminal activity who…
Peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have conducted a seven-day patrol to several villages in Ikotos county in Eastern Equatoria. The objective: To build confidence among the residents of these…
Some 100 women police officers embarked on a walk through the streets of Aweil in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, joined by their counterparts from the United Nations Police (UNPOL) serving with the United Nations Mission in South…
Despite the promise of full implementation of all the provisions contained in 2018’s Revitalized Peace Agreement, South Sudan’s ongoing bid to build durable peace across this young nation is flagging. In a bid to reinvigorate…
As part of professionalizing South Sudan’s army, plans for a massive sensitization campaign aimed at uniformed personnel from the government and opposition forces, are underway in Eastern Equatoria. The campaign has one main…
Sergeant Gabriel Muorten Akeu, a police officer in Eastern Bank payam (administrative division) and community members under his jurisdiction were jubilant when UNMISS officially handed over a newly constructed building to…
Driving into the deep forests of Western Equatoria some 9 kilometers from Tambura town, a team of civilian, military and police peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are on an assignment to…
“I have learned a lot. It’s always a sensitive, complicated case when any form of sexual or gender-based violence is involved and it is very good for us, as police officers, to have a sort of step-by-step guide on the correct…