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UPPER NILE - What started as a dream has now become a reality: the road from Malakal to Melut in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, is open for regular and business transportation, cutting travel time from six hours to one-and-a-half.
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Despite security and climate challenges, UNMISS engineers from India have rehabilitated a 91 kilometer road connecting Palouch in Upper Nile to the state capital Malakal, creating hope and livelihood opportunities for communities. Photo by Nyang Lieth/UNMISS.
Overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in the current prison in Magwi, Eastern Equatoria, has led to UNMISS and implementing partners starting construction on new facilities which aim to provide inmates a better standard of life during their incarceration and aid their eventual reintegration into society. Photo by Matiisetso Mosala/UNMISS.
“It is a new dawn.” This was the emotional declaration at a landmark conference in #SouthSudan, supported by #UNMISS & #UNISFA, which resulted in a new peace deal between youth from the feuding Ngok Dinka and Twic Dinka communities. Photo by Busang Davies Maruping/UNMISS.
A forum organized by #UNMISS in Torit focused on strengthening public participation in political processes ahead of the 2026 elections through capacity building and advocacy. Photo by Okello James/UNMISS.
In Greater Pibor, UNMISS has deployed a mobile court to process more than 400 cases, with community members already reporting successful outcomes and a decrease in violence. Photo by Elena Olusola Giorgia Ikumapayi/UNMISS.
Intensive training for 40 traditional chiefs and local administrators from Gogrial West County in Kuajok will strengthen conflict resolution skills among community leaders, including female chiefs and senior government officials. Photo by Peter Ring Kuol/UNMISS.
A recent escalation of intercommunal conflict in Greater Kapoeta prompted UNMISS and partners to invite stakeholders to a peace-promoting dialogue. Photo by James Okello/UNMISS.
Zehrudin Sukanovic, Chief of the UN Mine Action Service, UNMAS, hopes that 2025 will result in more land in South Sudan being cleared of explosive remnants of war, despite recent tensions. Photos: Isaac Billy/UNMISS