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UNMISS organises strategic security meeting in Duk Padiet, Greater Jonglei

The governor of Jonglei and officials from the wider region met on Friday for a one-day open security forum in Duk Padiet to promote peace and reconciliation among neighbouring communities in the area. facilitated by the United Missions in South Sudan (UNMISS) Bor Field Office.

02 Sep 2019

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Passionate partying as thousands of Yei residents revel in peace concert

It was like a rumble of thunder and flashes of lightning when the “One peace, One people” concert kicked off at the Freedom Square in Yei, with plenty of sweat dripping down the foreheads of thousands of jubilant music lovers.

02 Sep 2019

African Union airlifts tents in support of cantonment process

With less than three months left until the new deadline for forming a unified transitional government for the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan is amassing all the support it can get to make sure the process goes smoothly.

30 Aug 2019

UN Police train Wau prisons officers on human rights issues

Major Fidel Hawa has been working as a senior corrections officer at the South Sudan Jubilant Centre in the Wau area for years, despite her limited knowledge of gender-specific needs and the human rights of prisoners.

28 Aug 2019

Bangladeshi peacekeepers boost education in Wau neighbourhoods

Agany Malek, a resident in the Awiel Jedid area of Wau and parent of a local primary school pupil, couldn’t hold back his excitement at seeing a pile of new textbooks, teaching materials and extra-curriculum items stacked up on a classroom table.

28 Aug 2019

Children and armed conflict: South Sudan making progress in Equatoria, UN mission finds

A recent mission to establish whether there were children in the armed forces in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria region has returned a clean scoresheet, as not a single child was found within the ranks of both the opposition and government forces.

27 Aug 2019