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Peacekeepers in Malakal train community animal health workers

An enthusiastic group of trainees in Malakal are now ready to provide basic services to livestock owners in the area, after completing an intensive, hands-on training on community animal health.

18 Dec 2018

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Displaced women in Bor: “We fought for South Sudanese independence, we are one people”

“We were all in the bush together. We all fought for the liberation and independence of South Sudan. We are the same people.”

17 Dec 2018

Long walks for survival: A choice between food security and personal safety

Hundreds of women, young and old, gather and line up at a food distribution center, opposite Bentiu town’s main mosque.

They are from Nhialdiu, and have walked anywhere between 30 and 40 kilometers to get to this food distribution center.

17 Dec 2018

After five years of delayed justice, a mobile High Court opens in Bentiu

Arriving at a partly run-down building just after 8 a.m. with files in hand, Bentiu’s new mobile High Court officials immediately settle down to their business of the day – studying cases they have scheduled to start on a Tuesday afternoon.

17 Dec 2018

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UNMISS and Unicef support the reunification of abducted children with their families

Every big journey starts with a small step. The first such steps, crucial ones at that, towards a happy family reunion have been taken by three young boys.

17 Dec 2018

‘We can fish; our children can eat fish’: Akobo returnees on life after leaving UNMISS protection site

Thirty-two-year-old Nyakong Nyal Deng slowly steps back and looks away as she covers her face. Her fingers gently sweep over her eyes.

She is hiding away her tears.

14 Dec 2018

“Malakal United”: The peace concert that brought a war-ravaged town to life again

Emmanuel Kembe, VIP, Kawaja Revolution – all on one stage!

The unusual artistic trinity came to life in Malakal early this week, as they fired up a boisterous crowd at a peace concert fittingly called Malakal United.

13 Dec 2018

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Inmates in Malakal receive lifesaving medical supplies from UNMISS peacekeepers

Inmates at the state prison in Malakal have received a gift of medical supplies from Indian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan. The donation includes antibiotics, fortified malnutrition supplements and bandages.

13 Dec 2018

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Gak and Manuer sections put pen to paper to end five years of inter-communal conflict in Lakes

Local leaders, youth and women of the Gak and Manuer sections in the counties of Aloor and Malueeth in the Greater Lakes region have unanimously agreed to end five years of inter-communal conflict that has claimed at least fifty lives.

13 Dec 2018

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“Girls are not cows”: Discussing the rights of females in Cuei Chok

As people gathered to commemorate the International Human Rights Day at Cuei Chok Primary School, I came across a group of seven teenage girls aged between 13 and 16 years seated with a 13-year-old boy. Attempting to talk to them, only the boy responded.

13 Dec 2018

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