WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – In South Sudan, the United Nations Police (UNPOL) serving with the peacekeeping mission, UNMISS, undertake various initiatives to empower women and improve their quality of life.
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UNPOL collaborating with the South Sudan National Police Services to improve local women’s small-scale business strategies. Photos by Roseline Nzelle Nkwelle/UNMISS.

Dialogue is a great tool to come up with guidelines, roles and responsibilities of members of a peace committee like the one in Yei River County. Photo: James Sokiri/UNMISS

With classrooms in good conditions it is hoped that young boys and girls attending Bor A mixed primary school will learn more and better. Photos: Mach Samuel/UNMISS

Police, prison wardens and other professionals in Kapoeta East's justice sector learning lots of new things. Photo: Moses Yakudu/UNMISS

Insufficient food supplies and a lack of adequate shelter were observed by an UNMISS-led delegation visiting returnees in Akobo. Photos: Mach Samuel/UNMISS

Peace of mind begins with food security, which begins with seeds and agricultural know-how. Chinese peacekeepers serving with UNMISS have provided people in Wau County with both. Photos: Roseline Nzelle Nkwelle/UNMISS

In Wau, South Sudan, a state-level political parties forum jointly hosted by UNMISS, the AU, and RJMEC, saw spirited conversations on the need for extending political and civic space before this young nation heads to the polls in its first-ever elections next year. Photo by Michael Wondi/UNMISS

As the Sudan crisis continues, hundreds of thousands have crossed porous borders to neighbouring South Sudan in search of safety. Many are returnees who once left this young nation to escape war and, now, find themselves once again having to battle enormous odds to rebuild their lives. Photo by Ines Surwumwe/UNMISS