Youth are appealing to South Sudan’s leaders to prevail over their forces to prevent further bloodshed. 

The call by the National Youth Union comes in the wake of ambushes on passenger vehicles and rising insecurity in parts of the country.

Bishop Paul Yogusuk of the Episcopal Church of Sudan and South Sudan has urged both government and the citizens to shun tribalism and unite as a nation.

The theme of this year’s International Day of the Girl is based on the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals. The slogan is: Girls’ Progress equals Goals’ Progress: What Counts for Girls.