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Senior UNV officials see first-hand contributions of volunteers

There are at least two things that make the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan unique: one is that its host country is the youngest in the world, having gained its independence in 2011, and another is that it employs more United Nations Volunteers than any other mission worldwide,

10 Oct 2019

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UNMISS holds peace dialogue to resolve differences between communities in Greater Lakes

The establishment of a Joint Border Peace Committee and local court expected to handle criminal cases were two of the resolutions agreed on at a peace dialogue organized to tackle persistent intercommunal fighting and gang criminality in a particularly troubled part of South Sudan’s Greater Lakes

09 Oct 2019

UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 251

07 Oct 2019

Phow governor welcomes returnees from Bor protection site

07 Oct 2019

Implementation of South Sudan’s peace process takes key step forward as trainers of unified army graduate

A training of trainers of a South Sudan’s soon-to-be unified army concluded today, 4 October, with a graduation ceremony at the Military Training Centre in Luri near Juba.

05 Oct 2019

Excitement in Tambura as residents read revitalized peace agreement in their language

Details of a peace agreement that for a long time seemed distant finally reached Tambura recently – for the first time – stirring excitement as residents got firsthand access to its content in their local language.

04 Oct 2019

Displaced younglings in Malakal learn meditation and yoga to cope with everyday distress

It’s seven o’clock on a Saturday morning in sunny Malakal. It’s mostly quiet as the inhabitants of the UN peacekeeping mission’s field office are enjoying a well-deserved rest.

04 Oct 2019

Near verbatim transcript: Media Briefing by the SRSG and Head of UN in South Sudan, Mr. David Shearer

NEAR VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT

03 Oct 2019

‘Our Peace’: A forum of grassroots and national actors seeks to move forward the revitalised peace agreement

At a hotel in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, small groups of men and women – in dozens – gather around conference tables.

02 Oct 2019

Human rights training provided to opposition officers in Eastern Equatoria

Since its formation in 2013, South Sudan’s main opposition force, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-iO), has wanted to cultivate a stronger professional culture amongst its troops, making more efforts to respect human rights.

02 Oct 2019

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