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In between discussions on conflict mitigation, here in Bangasu district in Western Equatoria, one can do with stretching one's legs a bit.
Some eighty women’s representatives in the Bangasu district of Western Equatoria have boosted their conflict mitigation skills and their knowledge of human rights following a two-day workshop.
From now on, a significant portion of the electricity used at UN House in Juba will be generated by this farm of solar panels.
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has inaugurated a new solar panel farm at one of its compounds in the capital Juba. The installation is expected to significantly reduce the peacekeeping mission’s use of noisy, expensive and excessively fuel-consuming generators.
Sergeant Adubofour-Poku engaging with children in Malakal's protection of civilians site.
It is a sweltering hot afternoon in the UN mission’s protection site in Malakal, South Sudan. Punishing weather notwithstanding, hundreds of people have gathered around the football pitch at the youth center.
Everyone was a winner when youth from villages surrounding Yambio got together for some wholesome football fun for peace.
With catchy chants like “Viva sport, viva sport - we need peace, we need peace to cultivate our land” thousands of young men and women from Yambio town and the nearby villages of Yabwa, Sawra and Li-Rangu showed up to participate in activities organised by the UN peacekeeping mission aimed at pro
People affected by a wildfire in Nzara County seeking shelter under a mango tree that escaped unscathed.
A wildfire has ravaged Nzara County in Western Equatoria, killing one person and leaving hundreds homeless. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has visited the area and can confirm that much humanitarian assistance is urgently needed.
Future animal health workers observing their Indian tutor in action.
Fifty-five community animal health workers have successfully completed a four-week training on livestock disease management. Indian peacekeepers based in Malakal provided the capacity building to the health workers with mostly four-legged clients.
Happy graduates at the vocational training centre run by UNMISS peacekeepers in Bor.
Last week, Jacob Mayom Malueth and 32 other young men and women graduated after six months of coursework at the vocational training centre in Bor, run by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. They were the tenth batch to do so since December 2015.
Civilians and military personnel in the village of Owiny-kibul near Magwi sign resolutions to improve strained relations.
Owiny-Kibul, some 60 kilometres from Magwi, towards the Ugandan border, used to be a peaceful village. That was before the Nyachigak military academy and training centre were established in the vicinity, about five years ago.
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 267 - 24 Feb 2020
President Salva Kiir holding hands with his First Vice President Riek Machar and three of his four Vice Presidents. The fourth VP was appointed on 23 February.
(Text produced by the UN News Centre, New York)