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Monitoring, reporting on and preventing violations of human rights, including the rights of women and girls, is essential for South Sudan as it makes the difficult but necessary journey from war to peace. Senior military commanders attending an UNMISS-facilitated training in Bor agree and pledge to be ambassadors of everybody's rights. Photo by Mach Samuel/UNMISS
JONGLEI - With the agreement by all signatories on a Roadmap to fulfil outstanding benchmarks contained within the Revitalized Peace Agreement and the graduation of the first batch of the Necessary Unified Forces, South Sudan is
What are the benefits of having a secure prison perimeter? Inviolable custody of violent offenders; scope for outdoor recreation for inmates; and a general boost to safety and security for community members. That's why UNMISS funded the construction of a perimeter wall for Warrap Prison in Tonj North. Photo by Peter Kuol/UNMISS
WARRAP – Overcrowding in prisons is common across South Sudan.
Juba, 14 October 2022 – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) strongly condemns the resurgence of deadly violence between armed Dinka Ngok youth from the Abyei Administrative Area and the Dinka Twic Ma
Knowing how to prevent, mitigate or resolve conflicts is important for everyone, including community leaders and others staying at the UNMISS protection of civilians site in Malakal. Photos: Nyang Touch/UNMISS
UPPER NILE- With recent fighting in the state having caused an influx of more than 15,000 persons seeking shelter at the Malakal Protection of Civilians site, learning techniques to prevent, mitigate and resolve conflicts becomes even more impo
Juba, 12 October 2022 – Engineers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and humanitarian partners have managed to repair flooding-induced breaches of dykes that protect an internally displaced per
The sweet joy of graduating from a vocational skills training is there for all to see. Photo: Moses Yakudu/UNMISS
EASTERN EQUATORIA- Animal husbandry, carpentry, baking, tailoring, bricklaying – you name the skill and there is a decent chance that the vocational training offered to 65 youth in Opari and Pajok included encompassed it.
Children in Abara were lining up, impatiently, one would assume, for access to their new, UNMISS-funded secondary school. Photos: Moses Yakudu/UNMISS
EASTERN EQUATORIA- Youth in remote Abara are celebrating, and with good reason: for the first time in many years, they will now be able to attend a public high school close to home, rather than in faraway Nimule or neighbouring Uganda.
Residents of until recently squabbling communities in Ikotos County had lots to tell a visiting delegation, which included UN peacekeepers. Photos: Okello James/UNMISS
EASTERN EQUATORIA- A four-month-long conflict among the communities of Chorokol and Ikotos has come to an end following a church-mediated peace dialogue.
Learning how to not violate the rights of children in armed conflict ongoing, this time in Malakal. Photo: Ines Surwumwe/UNMISS
UPPER NILE- Implementing changes, both of attitudes and behaviour, takes time.
UNMISS gathered traditional leaders from all four states of the Bahr El Ghazal region for discussions on how to improve coexistence of formal and informal authorities. Photo: Michael Wondi/UNMISS
BAHR EL GHAZAL- In countries, like South Sudan, where formal and informal and traditional justice systems coexist, how can the two cooperate and complement each other better, and ho