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Ongoing tensions in Warrap need to be deescalated prior to the upcoming seasonal cattle migration. UNMISS and UNDP, therefore, held a workshop to frame a solution-oriented dialogue among key local stakeholders on setting up early warning mechanisms to nip violence in the bud. Photo by Zejin Yin/UNMISS
WARRAP - Tensions between communities and among bordering states continue across Warrap, South Sudan. Despite the signing of a peace accord by County Commissioners and community leaders from Tonj East and North in early…
A three-day capacity building workshop held by UNMISS trained 26 officers from the South Sudan National Police Service on upholding human rights, including preventing violence against women. Photo by Dawit K. Tedla/UNMISS.
WAU - Antonina Atieno Okuta, a Human Rights Officer working with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in Wau is confident that officers from the South Sudan National Police Service here have received the…
UNMISS continues building capacities of key local stakeholders at the UN Protection Site in Malakal, as demonstrated in a recent workshop facilitated by the mission, UNHCR and other partners. Photo by Ines Surwumwe/UNMISS.
MALAKAL - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is consistently working to improve the capacities of local stakeholders in Malakal, Upper Nile state, especially when it comes to ensuring the security and…
A day-long commemoration of 16 Days of Activism in Lakes, South Sudan, saw powerful testimonies against underage marriages by young secondary school students here. Photo by James Mawien/UNMISS
LAKES - The impact of early and forced marriages on young girls: This was the burning topic of discussion as Lakes, South Sudan marked the ongoing 16 Days of Activism. More than 40 participants— schoolgirls, women’s groups…
UNMISS peacekeepers from Bangladesh deployed to Wau recently engaged with university students during a day-long session in harnessing under-utilized natural resources through innovative techniques for the benefit of entire communities. Photo by Alahayi Nemaya/UNMISS.
WAU - South Sudan has a bounty of natural resources. However, this young nation has yet to harness its unlimited potential to benefit all communities. Peacekeepers deployed to Wau with the United Nations Mission in South…
An innovative new programme to promote social cohesion between politically divided communities and to pave the way for recovery across the region is designed to help communities in Yei, Lainya, Morobo and Kajo-Keji reconcile and end violence and create new incentives to sustain peaceful coexistence. It is funded by donations from the governments of Norway, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands and Canada through the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Reconciliation, Stabilization, and Resilience in South Sudan (RSRTF), a joint initiative by UNMISS and the UN Country Team. Photo by Jale Richard/IOM.
CENTRAL EQUATORIA - “Local solutions are the best solutions. The problems in South Sudan are ours and we have the ability and capacity to solve them and take this country forward.” Yei River County Commissioner, Aggrey Cyrus…
With catastrophic floods in Unity state leading to massive population movements, there was no better time than now for UNMAS to provide risk education on unexploded ordnance to displaced schoolchildren in Bentiu. Photo by Roseline Nzelle Nkwelle/UNMISS
BENTIU - “I have learned to be mindful of objects, no matter how familiar they look,” said Nyedel Tap Hoth a pupil of Naath Primary School in the Internally Displaced Person’s camp in Bentiu. Nydel was speaking after a 45…
A fresh deluge in Bentiu, Unity state, has local communities scrambling as South Sudan faces the most catastrophic floods in 60 years. However, thanks to UNMISS engineers from Pakistan and humanitarian partners, the latest emergency response should be able to tide people, especially those who are displaced, over the worst at least. Photo by Jacob Ruai/UNMISS.
BENTIU - “We are in a terrible situation. All our shelters are flooded, getting firewood to cook is tough and it's next to impossible to move between the town and the camp for displaced persons," reveals Peter Gatjuat Kuol…
BENTIU - “The time has come for South Sudanese women to take a leading role in their communities. Believe me, if women are given the opportunities we deserve, we will live in a peaceful country.” That was the passionate and…
LAINYA - More than 1000 women, men and children in Lainya town undertook a three-kilometer walk to mark 16 Days of Activism. They had a dual objective: To raise awareness regarding the need to eliminate all forms of violence…
JUBA - Sensitizing young minds on equal rights for women—that was the focus of an unconventional but necessary advocacy event in Juba during the ongoing 16 Days of Activism. “Violence against women and young girls is a fact…
BENTIU - Born in Juba, South Sudan, Edea Sharon grew up in the refugee camps of neighboring Uganda. Today at 40, she is the mother of two children. But her parenting role started early in life. As the first-born she was like…