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Elation and renewed hope as the displaced head back to Akobo from Bor

For the final 27 internally displaced persons who boarded a UN helicopter from Bor on Thursday, the feeling was nothing but nostalgic and ecstatic.

13 Nov 2018

UN Security Council Working Group urges South Sudan’s leaders to end violations against children

South Sudan’s leaders are being urged by the United Nations Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict to expand their current Action Plan to end and prevent all violations and abuses against children in the conflict-affected country.

07 Nov 2018

Statement by the Chair of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, H.E Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations

Statement by the Chair of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, H.E Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations, on the mission of the Working Group to South Sudan, 4-7 November 2018.

07 Nov 2018

Children share stories of suffering with UN Security Council Working Group in South Sudan

James Korok is just nineteen-years-old but has already experienced a lifetime of pain, fighting as a child soldier in the war in South Sudan.

07 Nov 2018

Malakal cultural day with calls for unity and social cohesion in Upper Nile region

“Peace begins with me and Malakal is united.”

07 Nov 2018

Planning underway to manage risk of Ebola Virus Disease in Yei

It is a quiet day in the surgical ward at the Yei hospital. There are just three patients. One child is recovering from severe burns after suffering an epileptic seizure and falling into an open fire. Another is still very ill with bed sores.

05 Nov 2018

People of conflict-affected Yei want peace to become a reality

The children dance under the mango tree wearing paper hats with crayon-written messages of peace.

02 Nov 2018

“Life smiled on me again” – Deng Maker Deng graduates from UNMISS-provided training in Bor

“Someone may give you money; but it is the person who gives you skills that makes you.”

Deng Maker Deng, a 23-year-old student in Bor, goes all philosophical as he ponders his good fortunes. He is well placed to do so, as he has experienced at least two major ones.

01 Nov 2018