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Well deserved certificates awaited women and youth in Bor after completing a UNMISS-funded courses teaching different marketable skills . Photos: Angellah Mandoreba/UNMISS
JONGLEI – For South Sudanese women and youth, learning and livelihood opportunities can be hard to come by at the best of times. Add floods and insecurity to the Jonglei context and it becomes even more difficult, but some 60…
Thousands of South Sudanese people returning home to escape violence in Sudan need both protection and humanitarian assistance. Photos: Peter Bateman/UNMISS
UNITY – Thousands of South Sudanese people who escaped the current conflict in neighbouring Sudan are once again on the move, displaced in a homeland they either fled years ago or never knew at all. Since early April, when…
Traditional leaders can do much to promote human rights in their communities. In Torit, they recently learnt how to go about it. Photos: Okello James/UNMISS
Protecting and promoting human rights - along with preventing, documenting, and reporting abuses of them - are key parts of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS. Recently, more than 50 traditional…
Sixteen children became celebrities for a day when they, amicably, took over Radio Miraya on the Day of the African Child.
In South Sudan, there is no shortage of children; young girls and boys who will one day lead their country and, together with their peers across the continent, all of Africa, towards a bright future. For this compelling…
Samuel Cherinet (right) spends a lot of time in the field, here inspecting a construction site where an UNMISS Quick Impact Project is being completed. Photos: Alahayi Nemaya/UNMISS
WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL- Impact is not Samuel Cherinet’s middle name, but maybe it should be. The UN Volunteer, based in Wau and serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), is one of the fortunate few…
UNMISS, UNHCR and UN Women jointly held consultations with returnees and displaced people in Wau and Raja, Western Bahr El Ghazal, on the importance of every citizen's participation in ongoing democratic processes in South Sudan. Photo by Michael Wondi/UNMISS
WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – Returnees in Wau and Raja, Western Bahr El Ghazal, say they believe that security arrangements must be in place if South Sudan is to hold timely and credible elections at the end of 2024. Participants…
As the crisis in Sudan continues, UNMISS and humanitarian partners are doing everything they can to help those seeking refuge across the border in South Sudan. A recent visit by the UN Peacekeeping mission to Renk aimed at gauging security and economic conditions of these new arrivals. Photo by Nyang Lieth/UNMISS
UPPER NILE – The ongoing crisis in Sudan has led to an influx of returnees and refugees in South Sudan who are fleeing for their lives, entering the country via Renk in Upper Nile state. The United Nations Mission in South…
In Bor, South Sudan, 45 women have learnt about their right to be represented in the country's justice delivery system, thanks to UNMISS Rule of Law. Photo by Angellah Mandoreba/UNMISS
JONGLEI – Women and young girls have been disproportionately impacted by ongoing conflict in South Sudan. Coupled with this, cultural norms have also contributed to women being left behind in this young nation’s political and…
Cutting the ribbon to one of three newly refurbished cell blocks at the Terekeka County Prison, where male, female and juvenile inmates will now be separated. Photos: Blessings Samuel Phumisa/UNMISS
CENTRAL EQUATORIA- A glimmer of hope shines through the bars of Terekeka County Prison, some 75 kilometres from the capital Juba. Recently, the thorough renovation of the correctional facility, funded by the United Nations…
These are drums for peace, used as part of the solution to reconcile the previously feuding villages of Omoruo and Lohilai in Eastern Equatoria State. Photos: Okello James/UNMISS
EASTERN EQUATORIA – Music lovers will know that star drummers, and drumming in general, tend to divide opinions and, in some cultures, become symbols of teenage love, longing and angst. It is, however, less known that peace…
It is possible to have a good time while learning more about the drafting of a permanent constitution and other key bits of the peace process awaiting implementation in South Sudan. Photos: James Sokiri/UNMISS
CENTRAL EQUATORIA – What could be better than enjoying scintillating music, poignant poetry, and hearty laughs in the company of hundreds of happy revellers? Certainly, it would have to be a similar occasion, sprinkled with…
Top UN official, Nicholas Haysom, visits Malakal, Upper Nile in the wake of last week's intercommunal clashes, meets state governor and displaced communities. Photo by Ines Surwumwe/UNMISS
JUBA/MALAKAL – In the midst of torrential downpours, Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), arrived in Upper Nile state’s capital…