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Forty young men and women in Aweil have been given a chance to benefit from a three-month-long vocational training offered by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Entrepreneurship and small-scale business management is…
A much-improved road from Bor to the capital Juba is great, but to make the most it, feeder roads must also be in decent condition. Engineering peacekeepers from South Korea are working on making that happen. “This is a great…
“As citizens of Eastern Equatoria, we must leave our differences behind and embrace a unified identity because we are now one state,” said Davidika Ikai, a women’s leader from Torit. Ms. Ikai was speaking at a roundtable…
Boda bodas or motorcycle taxis are a common mode of public transport across South Sudan. The UNMISS Field Office in Eastern Equatoria, in a bid to promote road safety, recently handed over helmets and reflective jackets to…
About 15 directors of the South Sudan National Police Services in Aweil town in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State have received training on how to handle children in conflict with the law, human rights, and the role of the police…
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, World Health Day, annually commemorated on 7 April, is even more significant this year. “As we’ve seen with Coronavirus, prevention is better than cure,” stated Martha Akol Tor, a women’s…
Together with local authorities and the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces, a group of 19 Mongolian peacekeepers based in Mayom recently treated and evacuated 27 persons who were wounded during a cattle raid claiming several…
“The UN and our government should broker peace here and establish Community Policing Relations Committees in the area to control the youth. They break every peace agreement, raid, beat and kill us and our daughters,” said…
Some 15 police officers in Yambio, Western Equatoria State, have recently acquired new skills on crime investigations and how to create and maintain good relations with the citizens they protect. That last bit is essential.…
A group of corrections officers working for the South Sudan Prisons Service in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State have significantly increased their knowledge of human rights and skills and gender-based violence. “Previously I…
UN Police serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have handed over a vehicle to South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) in Wau, much to the satisfaction of citizens in the area. “Police patrols in my…
Driving the 230 km between Yambio and Mundri in Western Equatoria State typically takes two days, but things are about to change, for the better. Bangladeshi engineering troops serving with the United Nations Mission in South…