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Yei youth receive conflict management skills training

Youth in Yei River State received a two-day training in conflict management skills to help them identify and respond to local tensions, as well as design appropriate measures to contain them before they exacerbate into major conflicts.

20 Jun 2017

Raising awareness on Gender-Based Violence for IDPs in Wau

In a training workshop organized for internally displaced persons (IDP), participants were asked to brainstorm on acts consider to be Gender-Based Violence (GBV).

19 Jun 2017

“Perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict situations have to shape up or face prosecution,” says senior UNMISS official

UNMISS Gender Affairs Officer, Ruth Kibiti, says that, “One way or the other, perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict situations have to shape up or face the responsibility of being prosecuted.”

19 Jun 2017

Unity state calls for children to be sent to school

The Day of the African Child was celebrated together with two thousand children from Dingding Primary School in Rubkona County, Northern Liech state.

17 Jun 2017

South Sudanese students’ celebrate Day of the African Child on UN radio

To celebrate the Day of the African Child, 30 students from schools across Juba took control of the UN Mission in South Sudan’s Radio Miraya.

16 Jun 2017

Hope for South Sudan’s younger generation

Liatile Putsoa, from Lesotho recently joined UNMISS as a UN Volunteer. In this piece, she shares her personal impressions about her first visit to the Protection of Civilian (PoC) site in Juba.

16 Jun 2017

Five passengers rescued from River White Nile after boat capsized

The UNMISS Bangladesh Navy Force Marine Unit (BANFMU) has rescued five people after their boat capsized along the River White Nile on Monday. The boat was coming from Ogod heading towards Ditang near Malakal when it overturned after running into stormy weather.

14 Jun 2017

UNMISS chief awards UN medal to Korean contingents

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, David Shearer, attended the Medal Parade Ceremony for the Republic of Korea Horizontal Military Engineering Contingent (ROK HMEC) in Bor.

14 Jun 2017

Fish bring new hope to conflict-affected South Sudanese

Morning trading is underway at the recently built fish market on the banks of the White Nile in the town of Bor and business is picking up. Women sellers stand in a corrugated-iron roofed area behind neatly stacked piles of tilapia and Nile perch lined up on white-tiled concrete benches.

13 Jun 2017

A community of local boys and youth, age 12-25 seated at the banks of the Kineti River in Torit, South Sudan waiting for a customer for their “car wash” business. They forgo their schooling to gain a living at 300SSPs per car.

Local Torit Children Wash Cars for Cash

As the world turns its eye to the issue of child labour on the World Day Against Child Labour, the problem could not be more pertinent to the peace process and development of South Sudan.

13 Jun 2017

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