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At an UNMISS workshop in Bor, journalists, human rights defenders and others recently discussed their roles in the public electoral debate. Photos: David Awuou Majak/UNMISS
JONGLEI – As the world’s youngest nation prepares for elections expected to take place in 2024, enhancing civic political space and the safety of civil society actors was the focus of a four-day t
Well deserved certificates awaited women and youth in Bor after completing a UNMISS-funded courses teaching different marketable skills . Photos: Angellah Mandoreba/UNMISS
JONGLEI – For South Sudanese women and youth, learning and livelihood opportunities can be hard to come by at the best of times.
Thousands of South Sudanese people returning home to escape violence in Sudan need both protection and humanitarian assistance. Photos: Peter Bateman/UNMISS
UNITY – Thousands of South Sudanese people who escaped the current conflict in neighbouring Sudan are once again on the move, displaced in a homeland they either fled years ago or never knew at all.
Traditional leaders can do much to promote human rights in their communities. In Torit, they recently learnt how to go about it. Photos: Okello James/UNMISS
Protecting and promoting human rights - along with preventing, documenting, and reporting abuses of them - are key parts of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS.
Sixteen children became celebrities for a day when they, amicably, took over Radio Miraya on the Day of the African Child.
In South Sudan, there is no shortage of children; young girls and boys who will one day lead their country and, together with their peers across the continent, all of Africa, towards a bright future.
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JUBA, 20 June 2023 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has today released the findings of its recent Perception and Public Opinion Survey conducted by an independent third party.
Samuel Cherinet (right) spends a lot of time in the field, here inspecting a construction site where an UNMISS Quick Impact Project is being completed. Photos: Alahayi Nemaya/UNMISS
WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL- Impact is not Samuel Cherinet’s middle name, but maybe it should be.
UNMISS, UNHCR and UN Women jointly held consultations with returnees and displaced people in Wau and Raja, Western Bahr El Ghazal, on the importance of every citizen's participation in ongoing democratic processes in South Sudan. Photo by Michael Wondi/UNMISS
WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – Returnees in Wau and Raja, Western Bahr El Ghazal, say they believe that security arrangements must be in place if South Sudan is to hold timely and credible elections at the end of 2024.
As the crisis in Sudan continues, UNMISS and humanitarian partners are doing everything they can to help those seeking refuge across the border in South Sudan. A recent visit by the UN Peacekeeping mission to Renk aimed at gauging security and economic conditions of these new arrivals. Photo by Nyang Lieth/UNMISS
UPPER NILE – The ongoing crisis in Sudan has led to an influx of returnees and refugees in South Sudan who are fleeing for their lives, entering the country via Renk in Upper Nile state.