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Opposition forces in Eastern Equatoria commit to respecting and protecting human rights

Opposition forces based in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan have pledged to uphold human rights from the command level right through to the rank and file following a workshop hosted by the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the conflict-affected country.

13 Feb 2020

Enyif community members return home thanks to improving security situation

The return of relative calm to a village in Torit has prompted an influx of people returning to their homes.

13 Feb 2020

UNMISS donates food and nonfood items to Bor orphanage center

“One hand cannot make a clap. Before God, I am so happy to see the world supporting us,” said Alier Wal who lost both parents in 2013.

“This is light at the end of the tunnel,” he assured his fellow orphans.

12 Feb 2020

UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 265 - 10 Feb 2020

10 Feb 2020

ACT to Protect children campaign launched in South Sudan

Thousands of children have suffered at the hands of armed groups during South Sudan’s civil war. They have been killed, maimed, abducted, separated from their families and denied access to education and healthcare.

07 Feb 2020

Jonglei women express desire to achieve 35 percent political representation

“Women and men have equal rights and if we are given that opportunity, I think we will be able to participate fully in governance, and we can do anything that a man can do.”

06 Feb 2020

UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 264 - 31 Jan to 06 Feb 2020

06 Feb 2020

Opposition forces receive training on protecting children caught up in armed conflict

Senior officers from opposition forces living in cantonment sites in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan have received training to help them better understand the laws that protect children caught up in armed conflict.

06 Feb 2020

UK Minister visits Malakal as engineering task force prepares to exit South Sudan mission

The United Kingdom’s Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, has visited Malakal where she met with local authorities and toured the United Nations hospital that has been constructed by British army engineers.

06 Feb 2020

Communities in Jonglei work to bury their differences and build peace

When members of the Murle, Jie and Kachipo communities first met at a peace dialogue they sat separately, reflecting the tense and complex relationship that has developed as the result of persistent violent clashes between the groups.

06 Feb 2020

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