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UNMISS South Sudan Jonglei Bor Pibor road rehabilitation durable peace 2018

Rehabilitated Bor-Pibor road makes prices drop and hopes for peace soar

As we fly from Bor towards Pibor, we can see her from afar. The whiff of freshly laid tarmac may have been imaginary, but the dirt and gravel road snaking and careening its way through the flat, harsh bush-land below us is very much real, and immensely appreciated.

14 Feb 2018

Assessment trip to Tonga reveals urgent need for health care and other services

It took Aliza an eleven-hour-long dangerous walk to reach the nearest health care centre.

Arriving in Tonga in northern South Sudan, she and her sick daughter are met by a looted facility.

14 Feb 2018

UNMISS project seeks to improve learning prospects for some 800 children in Kuajok’s Mayen Gumel

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), in collaboration with the Gogrial State Ministry of Education, has launched a renovation project valued at over $49,000, aimed at improving the learning environment for nearly 800 students of Mayen Gumel primary school.

13 Feb 2018

Conciliatory efforts underway in Pageri County, as civilian-military dialogue seeks to encourage returns

The South Sudanese towns along the Juba-Nimule road are largely deserted.

13 Feb 2018

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.191

12 Feb 2018

Tonga traders hope for peace to revive local business

On the West Bank of the Nile in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan lies Tonga. As civilians are slowly returning to what fighting had turned into a ghost town, so is life and some sort of normalcy.

12 Feb 2018

“Unthinkable” for peace process to proceed without inclusion of South Sudanese women

Women politicians in South Sudan are saying “enough is enough”.

They are calling for their voices to be heard and for a more inclusive process that allows women to play a pivotal role in the peace building process.

10 Feb 2018

UNMISS team conducts historic patrol in Tonga

A team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has just concluded a three-day patrol of rebel-held Tonga – a strategic area in the northern Upper Nile region of South Sudan – to obtain a first-hand situational update on the security and humanitarian situation.

09 Feb 2018

Education best way to free South Sudanese women from gender-based violence and discrimination

Women and girls in the Gogrial area have been encouraged to get an education and thus minimize the risks they face of being subjected to gender-based violence. The call comes amid reports of an increased number of sexual violence and abuse against females in the Greater Warrap region.

09 Feb 2018

Women in Gogrial concerned about lack of representation in government

Women in the Gogrial area are calling for greater affirmative action and representation in government.

09 Feb 2018

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