During a six-day-long patrol, staff members of the UN Mission in South Sudan were told by communities in Yirol and Mingkaman in the Eastern Lakes area that they want to be able to listen to the news and other programmes aired by Radio Miraya, the peacekeeping mission’s radio station in the countr

This week a total of 35 South Sudanese police officers in Juba are being trained by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan on how to incorporate a human rights perspective in their daily work.

A tall, demure girl weaves her way purposely through the crowd of students seated calmly under a tree in the sweltering heat of Malakal – a growing town in northern South Sudan.