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UNMISS PoC sites Update No.229 - 4 March 2019
UNMISS PoC sites Update No. 229 - 4 March 2019
As any self-respecting media practitioner in Yei will tell you, taking good notes is crucial for dynamic reporting.
“By bringing us together, we have been equipped with new skills to render quality and timely services to our people,” said Peter Kenyi, a participant and presenter at Spirit FM, a local radio station in Yei.
Government and opposition forces at a trust-building forum in Torit promised each other safe passage.
Emotions were palpable as over 200 officers of the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces and Sudan People's Liberation Army in Opposition filled the large auditorium for their meeting in Torit, aimed at consolidating peace in the Eastern Equatoria region.
Sometimes a few words in a photo say more than a caption.
“Our state is peaceful, this is why we are seeing so many development projects. We will continue that way so that our people can see more of the same,” says Margret Itto Leonardo, deputy governor in Torit.
Organizing a tournament of traditional wrestling was one UNMISS contribution to a recent peace rally in Bor.
“I lost my leg in the bush in 2004 during the SPLA’s war for South Sudan’s independence”, Garang Goch Garang says through an interpreter, referring to the former name of the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces.
To implement a peace agreement one needs to know what exactly has been agreed. Opposition forces in Eastern Equatoria are being informed.
The signing of the revitalized peace agreement has not led to the immediate implementation of outlined provisions hoped for by the “ordinary people” of South Sudan.
Mobile court session in Malakal. The proceedings attracted hundreds of spectators.
Amongst her siblings the 4-year-old girl has been playing and sharing smiles as usual, yet something is terribly wrong. Had that not been the case, the girl and her parents would not have been here, at the mobile court in Malakal.
Law enforcement agents in Tonj have been trained by UNMISS on a number of relevant topics, including human rights.
More than 60 police officers and other law enforcement agents in Tonj have participated in a two-day training on investigative skills, gender-based violence, human rights, community policing and proper rule of law.
Ready to serve after having been equipped with gear and training adequate for crime prevention in dire conditions.
Rain and darkness will no longer deter Torit’s long arms of the law from preventing crimes or chasing down the perpetrators of any unlawful behaviour still taking place on their watch.
An unusual gathering in Juba, and an unusual dose of honesty.