UNMISS News

LAKES - Born and raised in the Gambia as the second of seven children, Adama Njie is now 46 years old and a mother. While she had always known that her life would involve volunteering for her community, little could she…

LAKES – Ruby Awude, a 43-year-old from Ghana, has had a distinguished career as a Blue Helmet across Darfur, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Democratic Republic of Congo, before she gave up her military credentials to become a UN…

WARRAP – A Protection, Transition and Reintegration Officer with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, 42-year-old Samuel Emmanuel Osekeny’s work in the world’s youngest nation is the very definition of acting together…

NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – Sarwah Qader from Iraq is currently serving for peace in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). A Gender Affairs Officer, Sarwah convenes and connects with community members every day to…

WARRAP – Diane Umuhoza is an experienced laboratory technician with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), based in Kuajok. Here, Diane tells us why being a UN Volunteer is a meaningful career choice and how she…

WARRAP – Meet Arslan Nasserullah, engineer, project manager and a United Nations Volunteer from Pakistan who is serving with the UN, and for peace, for the first time. In this interview, he tells us about himself and his…

32-year-old Khana Akur Majak from Lakes States wears many hats. She is a businesswoman, activist, wife, sister and daughter, but “disabled” is not a part of her identity. She refuses it to stop her from having a good…

WESTERN EQUATORIA - Being born with a disability does make life harder, but it doesn’t stop anybody from being a caregiver, a provider, and an inspiration. That’s an important lesson that one can take away from Stephen…

EASTERN EQUATORIA – Living with a disability in South Sudan or anywhere in the world isn’t easy, but Laduma Patricia Egan makes it appear so. This single mother has taken the hand given to her by fate, if you will, and made…

Human rights violations are common in Eastern Equatoria State and in the rest of the country. Sometimes, they are committed by members of armed forces. The Human Rights Division of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan…

UPPER NILE – As intercommunal conflict spreads in troubled Upper Nile, a state in the world’s youngest nation, there are still silver linings amid these dark times. One such ray of sunshine is a collective of women who call…

NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – “Young people must be part of decision-making, specially when it comes to peace processes,” says Tito Awen Bol, Chair of the Youth Union in Northern Bahr El Ghazal. Mr. Bol was speaking at a two-day…