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UN, AU and IGAD representatives at a press conference in Juba, expressing their united support for the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement.
A high-powered delegation from the United Nations, the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development has urged South Sudan’s leaders to make urgent efforts to fully implement the peace deal for the sake of their people.
Women in Juba meet a high-powered delegation from the UN, AU and IGAD, urging them to support their right to representation.
Women and girls have borne the brunt of the six-year long conflict in South Sudan. Thousands have experienced the threat or reality of abduction, rape, deprivation, displacement and death.
UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, a delegation from the African Union and IGAD, including its Special Envoy arriving in Juba.
“We are totally united in support of the revitalized peace agreement and in support of South Sudan and its people.”
The IGAD Council of Ministers has endorsed a six-month extension for the peace process in South Sudan.
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Council of Ministers has endorsed a request to extend the deadline for the establishment of a Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity by six months.
Young women and men in Aweil gaining conflict resolution skills at an UNMISS-led workshop.
Youth in Aweil are blaming the government and “society” for their high levels of unemployment and for not being allowed to participate sufficiently in peace building and conflict mitigation.
Women from Dinka and Murle communities in Greater Jonglei meet and sign an agreement to end inter-communal fighting.
Murle and Dinka women from Boma and Bor respectively have signed a memorandum of understanding to end the violence persistently plaguing relations between the two communities.
Journalists and civil society representatives celebrating World Press Freedom Day in Juba.
“Freedom of expression, access to information and civic space is what we want and need to effectively exercise the roles of civil society in the implementation of South Sudan’s peace agreement,” said Edmond Yakani, Executive Director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) a
Extension of the pre-transitional period a sign of goodwill between the parties in South Sudan
The unanimous decision to extend the pre-transitional period of the South Sudan peace agreement leading to the formation of a new, unified Government in South Sudan is a sign of goodwill between the parties to end the suffering of their people, says the Head of the United Nations Mission in South
Women at a conference in Aweil raised their voices to claim their rights and legitimate participation in decision-making.
Women from greater Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal and Warrap are calling for their rights to be heard and duly respected, and for full participation in the peacebuilding process in their country.
South Sudanese police officers in Kapoeta receive certificates after being trained by UN Police.
Today, they are the lucky ones. Theirs was a quick trip to the agreed training venue, because they live here in Kapoeta in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria region.