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Seeing Malis* at work in his workshop in Yambio, one would think life has treated this young, 26-year-old man well—he appears to be an adept carpenter with a thriving business. His eyes, though, tell a different story. “For…
The year is 2014. A younger, somewhat naiver David Ndungu has just landed in Monrovia, Liberia. The boisterous, larger-than-life, enthusiastic nurse had heeded a call for medics to join the fight against Ebola in West Africa…
Across South Sudan, national authorities, civil society and the United Nations have joined forces to sensitize local communities about preventative measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. In Jonglei and the greater Pibor…
An international travel freeze, drastically reduced domestic flight schedules, self-isolating staff members, personnel telecommuting from within or outside the country, only essential travel outside of UN bases, enforced…
While nationwide efforts are ongoing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 across South Sudan, displaced people living in UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites continue to face other challenges as they go about their daily…
Awareness-raising regarding preventative measures such as frequent handwashing, enforcing physical distancing and restricting movements has been the focus of South Sudanese authorities as they work with the United Nations…
The high-level COVID-19 task force in Western Bahr el Ghazal has met with representatives of the internally displaced people staying at the Wau protection of civilians site of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to…
When the blue helmets from one of UNMISS’s engineering contingents based in Malakal -- the Indian Horizontal and Mechanical Company (HMEC) – first arrived at Khor Adar, the situation on the ground was dire. “Recent floods had…
As the Coronavirus spreads globally, farmers in the Aweil area of Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal are not exempted from the impact: preventive measures taken by the government make cultivating land difficult. While social distancing…
On this year’s World Health Day, the world faces an unprecedented challenge in the form of COVID-19. With two people having tested positive for the virus, the Health Services at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan…
Heeding the advice of health experts, community leaders at the Bor protection of civilians site have forbidden all visitors, thus making it less difficult for people living here to adhere to the necessity of social distancing…
In Torit, a town in eastern Equatoria, close to the border of Uganda, people are worried. “While the government has closed borders for the time being, we are concerned about people slipping in and out between Uganda and South…