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Women of Eastern Lakes have decried early marriage, describing the practice as gender-based violence, and called on the government and traditional authorities to ensure the practice ceases immediately.
A heated debate, on the Red Hand Day.
“The recruitment of children into the army should stop,” says 16-year-old Abur Margret, a secondary four student in Aweil, South Sudan, spotlighting the plight of children who get recruited into the army.
A leader speaking at a peace meeting in Koch
Opposition and government officials in Greater Koch County in Northern Liech held a one-day peace and reconciliation conference in Koch to discuss issues related to peace implementation.
Community members gather in Chuei-Chok, Manyang-Ngok County, to witness the launch of a borehole drilling project. Photo: Manyang Mayom/UNMISS
A borehole construction project has been launched in Manyang-Ngok county in Tonj, hoping to bring an end to conflicts arising from water access, thanks to the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), which has broken ground to drill two water points in the remote villages of Akot Madut and Atoong, loc
A friendly football match is how Malakal raised its red hand against the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict, marked on the 12th of February.
Juliet Clement Bazia could not hide her joy – for a good reason: a new water point and a new vegetable market had gotten the resident of Aguka in Tonj dancing excitedly.
“I would like to ask you all a question.”
At the beginning of every year, the nomadic people of Reziaghat in Sudan make the long journey south with their herds of cattle seeking water and places to graze in the areas around Aweil in South Sudan.
“What a man can do a woman can do!”
Those are the inspirational words from Margaret Idwa, the Torit Minister of Information, speaking at a capacity building workshop for women leaders in the Eastern Equatorian town.
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 259 - 02 Dec to 05 Dec 2019