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Cultural gala in Yambio promotes unity in diversity

Hundreds of citizens gathered at Yambio Freedom Square on Tuesday (20 November) to partake in a cultural gala, organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in partnership with local stakeholders.

22 Nov 2018

UNMISS engineers begin much-needed rehabilitation of Malakal-Melut road

Residents in the Upper Nile region will soon heave a collective sigh of relief. A major trade and service road connecting Malakal with Melut will receive much-needed repairs from the UN mission’s peacekeepers based in the area.

22 Nov 2018

Akobo youth play peace and reconciliation football tournament organized by UNMISS

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has organized a peace and reconciliation football tournament for the youth in Akobo East County. A total of 74 players from the ten clubs in town, representing various different communities, were mixed to make up four teams.

22 Nov 2018

Pastoralists in Malual-Muok commit to honouring cattle migration agreement

Meeting in Tonj, cattle keepers in South Sudan’s Malual-Muok have renewed their commitment to respect the terms of a cattle migration agreement with farming communities in neighbouring Wau.

21 Nov 2018

Kenyan expert: Laws, codes of conduct and accountability needed to end hate speech

“So, where does impunity fit into our discussion about hate speech?”

20 Nov 2018

Combating hate speech: ‘It’s better to sit down, talk to each other, and reconcile,’ says Juba camp leader

Mary Nyamayi Tut, the chairlady of the displaced women who have sought sanctuary at the UN protection site 3 in Juba, believes that if hatred and hate speech is pervasive among South Sudanese communities, conflict will not stop.

19 Nov 2018

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.219

19 Nov 2018

Prison life in Cueibet: This, too, shall pass

Ralph* is a 28-year-old student and police officer in the Gok area of the Greater Lakes region.

17 Nov 2018

Jonglei pastoralist: “These peacekeepers saved my cows”

Imagine living in a landlocked country, yet susceptible to succumbing to a calamitous, ocean-longing-inducing disease called East Coast fever. Such is the ironic fate of many an African cow, not least in South Sudan’s Greater Jonglei region.

16 Nov 2018

New Peace Centre opened in Bor, South Sudan

The Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology in Bor has something new to take pride in: A newly-established Peace Centre, thanks to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), with support from the Republic of Korea.

15 Nov 2018

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