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Women in Yambio speak out against sexual exploitation and abuse

Women in Yambio are calling for justice against the perpetrators of sexual exploitation and abuse, saying they bear the biggest burden of sexual crimes.

11 Dec 2019

'We want to be a delisted, professional army' – SSPDF

“We want to be a delisted, professional army that protects children. Children are our future. So, they really need to be protected.”

11 Dec 2019

Lankien residents remain fiercely committed to peace-building despite fresh hurdle of floods

Bul D. Gai happened to be paying a quick visit to family in Juba in 2013 when the city suddenly erupted in a firestorm of violence between South Sudanese government and opposition forces.

10 Dec 2019

Protecting civilians from HIV: UNMISS takes awareness training to Raja town

36-year-old Raja resident Adam Arkangelo resolved to accept his new HIV status. He had tested positive at Raja Hospital, but couldn’t tell where and how he got infected with HIV – the virus that causes AIDS.

10 Dec 2019

UNMISS concerned about clashes in central and northern South Sudan

A fresh outbreak of tribal clashes and other internal fighting has reportedly resulted in the death and displacement of civilians in the central and northern regions of South Sudan over the weekend.

09 Dec 2019

Bangladeshi peacekeepers provide free medical services to residents of Raja Lol

This week, Bangaldeshi peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have conducted a day-long medical outreach campaign to provide free basic medical services for residents of the town of Raja Lol and surrounding villages.

06 Dec 2019

UN volunteer Ratha Pathmanathan(in the middle) and colleagues accompanying displaced people to their homes and relatives in Akobo. A joyous highlight of her stay in South Sudan.

Meet UN volunteer Ratha Pathmanathan: The right woman in the right place

Few United Nations Volunteers, UNVs, can be better suited for their tasks than Ratha Pathmanathan, a Relief, Reintegration and Protection Officer working primarily with internally displaced people in Juba.

06 Dec 2019

Youth in Aweil raise their voices against early marriage

Girls and boys in Aweil area have converged their voices to reject early marriage and demand their right to education.

06 Dec 2019

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UNMISS engages with opposition forces in Nyara cantonment site to prevent gender-based violence

“Here in Nyara, we don’t rape, we are organized. We are for the peace agreement and we will implement it,” confirmed Major General Benjamin John Batista, deputy sector commander of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition.

05 Dec 2019

Five-year plan to rehabilitate national prison system announced at conference

Decades of fighting both before and after South Sudan reached independence in 2011 have ravaged it within and without.

Institutions and infrastructure buttressing its legislative and judicial framework especially have been left badly shaken by the aftermath of conflict.

05 Dec 2019

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