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UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 260 - 06 Dec to 12 Dec 2019
Students dance excitedly during the Family Open Day event in Yambio.
They clapped, they danced, and they sang.
Hundreds celebrated Human Rights Day with the theme “United for Peace”, at a day-long festival where students and their parents danced and sang side by side.
A combined group of Kabirize women at the closing of Jie-Murle conference in Jebel Buma
In July 2019, the Jie and Murle communities engaged in a bloody fight in Marua and other villages of South Sudan’s Boma area. The fight, in the Greater Jonglei region, left 85 people dead, while several others were wounded in what became the year’s worst raid.
United in South Sudan: UK and French ambassadors to South Sudan pose for a photo at the historical site of the Fashioda Incident
Late in the 19th century, two imperial powers’ ambitions intersected, literally, in the town of Fashoda, present-day Kodok, South Sudan.
Hajat Karama holds tightly onto her new solar radio
Hajat Karama has been relying on people around her to get news and information about what is going on in her country.
“I am an old woman who is unable to even move around freely due to limited mobility and vision,” she says.
In chains: A suspect accused of theft appears in a Mobile High Court in Yambio
Richard Nimeri has waited patiently for his case to be heard in court.
Guests at a sexual exploitation and abuse awareness event in Akorogbodi, Yambio
Women in Yambio are calling for justice against the perpetrators of sexual exploitation and abuse, saying they bear the biggest burden of sexual crimes.
South Sudan People's Defence Forces senior officers attending a two-day workshop on child protection in Jebel Boma
“We want to be a delisted, professional army that protects children. Children are our future. So, they really need to be protected.”
Lankien leaders demonstrate their solidarity for peace
Bul D. Gai happened to be paying a quick visit to family in Juba in 2013 when the city suddenly erupted in a firestorm of violence between South Sudanese government and opposition forces.
A trainer explains how correct and consistent use of condoms can prevent HIV infections.
36-year-old Raja resident Adam Arkangelo resolved to accept his new HIV status. He had tested positive at Raja Hospital, but couldn’t tell where and how he got infected with HIV – the virus that causes AIDS.