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Seventy-five United Nations peacekeepers have been temporarily re-deployed from Rumbek to Maper to deter further violence between communities in the northern Lakes region of South Sudan.
Women were well represented at the neighbourhood advocacy forum for peace in Kapoeta, organized by UNMISS and partners.
Trust and confidence has been reinforced between the civilian population and military forces of the Sudan People Liberation Army-in Opposition and the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) in Kapoeta, located in Eastern Equatoria.
Villages devastated by flooding in South Sudan's Akobo
The town of Akobo should be bustling with energy.
Thousands of families who fled their homes when civil war erupted in South Sudan have finally begun returning to their homes in the wake of a new peace deal signed by the country’s leaders last year.
Jubek Model School was the scene of a festive event promoting harmonious families, peace and an end to gender-based violence.
On Thursday 28 November, a steaming Juba was joyously shaken by the reverberations of singing and dancing emanating from a community-wide event at Jubek Model School.
This young man in Malakal is making great use of an UNMISS-led basic engineering training he completed in May.
Six months after its conclusion, a training provided by some of the UN peacekeeping mission’s engineering troops in Malakal is already paying substantial dividends.
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 258 - 28 Nov to 1st Dec 2019
A woman in Yambio takes notes during a UN forum on the stigma associated with sexual violence.
“It’s traumatising to be raped and be left in shame, and when it happens, you just want to leave everything behind and go and live alone because of the stigma that follows this experience.”
Some brand new studio equipment handed over by Bangladeshi peacekeepers should boost productivity at SSBC in Wau.
Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in Wau are reigning in the Christmas spirit early this year with a donation of brand new electronics presented to the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) this week.
The role of men in fighting gender-based violence was highlighted at this event in Bor, including by a group of men volunteering to support the cause.
Anyone familiar with South Sudan’s patriarchal traditions may find it hard to imagine that some men are now part of leading the charge against gender-based violence. Yet this is exactly what is happening in Bor in the greater Jonglei region.
Indian and other peacekeepers in Malakal are teaching displaced girls to ride bicycles, much to the delight of both the girls and curious onlookers.
The United Nations mission in South Sudan’s protection site in Malakal comes alive every Saturday morning these days.