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Participants taking notes at a women's forum in Aweil.
“Peace begins at home,” says Elizabeth Henry Angok, attending a one-day women’s forum in Aweil town.
“We are peace makers. We are mothers and we know how to deal with our children and our husbands at home when there are issues.”
Peaceful coexistence currently reins at this cattle camp in the Lakes region.
Herdsmen from the Amading cattle camp in Pachong in Western Lakes say they have experienced significantly fewer incidents of cattle raiding compared to the past dry seasons.
Women in Tonj becoming aware of their rights in decision-making processes.
“I’m very happy because now I’m aware of what the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 is. I’m aware of my rights, about what I can ask for and what I cannot.”
A thoroughly renovated veterinary clinic in Bor is expected to keep more livestock healthy. They weren't welcome to the inauguration ceremony, though.
“The UN Indian veterinary team works with us six days a week throughout the year. Last year they treated more than 22,000 animals.”
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.229 - 4 March 2019
UNMISS PoC sites Update No. 229 - 4 March 2019
As any self-respecting media practitioner in Yei will tell you, taking good notes is crucial for dynamic reporting.
“By bringing us together, we have been equipped with new skills to render quality and timely services to our people,” said Peter Kenyi, a participant and presenter at Spirit FM, a local radio station in Yei.
Government and opposition forces at a trust-building forum in Torit promised each other safe passage.
Emotions were palpable as over 200 officers of the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces and Sudan People's Liberation Army in Opposition filled the large auditorium for their meeting in Torit, aimed at consolidating peace in the Eastern Equatoria region.
Sometimes a few words in a photo say more than a caption.
“Our state is peaceful, this is why we are seeing so many development projects. We will continue that way so that our people can see more of the same,” says Margret Itto Leonardo, deputy governor in Torit.
Organizing a tournament of traditional wrestling was one UNMISS contribution to a recent peace rally in Bor.
“I lost my leg in the bush in 2004 during the SPLA’s war for South Sudan’s independence”, Garang Goch Garang says through an interpreter, referring to the former name of the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces.
To implement a peace agreement one needs to know what exactly has been agreed. Opposition forces in Eastern Equatoria are being informed.
The signing of the revitalized peace agreement has not led to the immediate implementation of outlined provisions hoped for by the “ordinary people” of South Sudan.