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JUBA - It was a sunny day in South Sudan’s capital city, Juba, when United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, touched down for a four-day tour of the world’s youngest nation. High on…
EASTERN EQUATORIA – Earlier this year, all signatories to the Revitalized Peace Agreement coalesced on a roadmap designed to push forward implementation of outstanding peace benchmarks in South Sudan. Following this welcome…
WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – Repeated civil wars and intercommunal conflict have affected generations of children in South Sudan. In 2016, all school facilities in Ngolembo, a remote area in Western Bahr El Ghazal state, were…
JONGLEI – Until the past couple of years, climate change was the last thing on people’s minds in the world’s newest nation, South Sudan. Community members had bigger things to worry about—civil wars, displacement, cattle…
WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL: As the United Nations celebrates its 77 th anniversary this week, the Organization’s staff serving in Wau, South Sudan, decided to use the occasion to give back to the communities they serve…
JUBA - Today was a bright and sunny day in Juba, the capital city of the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan. When the United Nations family joined with community members, diplomatic missions and government officials at the…
WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – As signatories to the Revitalized Peace Agreement commit on a Roadmap to achieve outstanding benchmarks and ensure the transitional period comes to an end with free, fair and credible elections, the…
JONGLEI - With the agreement by all signatories on a Roadmap to fulfil outstanding benchmarks contained within the Revitalized Peace Agreement and the graduation of the first batch of the Necessary Unified Forces, South Sudan…
WARRAP – Overcrowding in prisons is common across South Sudan. In the Warrap Prison, a facility located in Tonj North county, 250 detainees jostle for space. Theoretically, the prison has the capacity to house only 150…
UPPER NILE- With recent fighting in the state having caused an influx of more than 15,000 persons seeking shelter at the Malakal Protection of Civilians site, learning techniques to prevent, mitigate and resolve conflicts…
EASTERN EQUATORIA- Animal husbandry, carpentry, baking, tailoring, bricklaying – you name the skill and there is a decent chance that the vocational training offered to 65 youth in Opari and Pajok included encompassed it. The…
EASTERN EQUATORIA- Youth in remote Abara are celebrating, and with good reason: for the first time in many years, they will now be able to attend a public high school close to home, rather than in faraway Nimule or…