Tomomi Inada, Japan’s Minister of Defence, today visited Juba. She met the Japanese engineering contingent of UNMISS, government officials and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) of UNMISS, Ellen Margrethe Loej. Ms.

The South Sudan Civil Society Alliance has approved the deployment of a regional protection force to South Sudan, reversing an earlier decision against its deployment.

Community based initiatives are needed to kick start the process of truth, justice and reconciliation in South Sudan, a Research Fellow at the University of Peace in The Hague has said.