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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.
“We still have more questions than answers in our minds,” admits Peter Boscoe Lotyang, the Speaker of Parliament for Kapoeta in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria region.
In the past two years, frequent incidents of child abductions have become a security threat in Torit, Kapoeta and other parts of the Eastern Equatoria region. Civil society organizations have therefore called for an inter-state dialogue to put an end to the inhumane practice.
The bright Juba sunrise rays blast through the sprawling rickety structures that form the UN protection site, adjacent to the Organization’s base in the South Sudanese capital.
“We are tired. We are losing our husbands, we are losing our children. How long are we going to talk about peace?” cries Alice Senna Philip, as she sits alongside other weeping women in a dark, humid tukul (hut) in the heart of Yei town.