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UNMISS PoC sites Update No.210
South Sudan is the world’s newest nation. Its 12 million population are also amongst the youngest in the world with half aged under 18.
The Panawur and Panaguong sections of Duony County in Gok have signed an agreement committing themselves to ceasing hostilities, bringing an end to 15 years of attacks and revenge killings.
The United Nation’s Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, visibly touched as she met children in Yambio, engaged in vocational trainings after having been released from armed groups.
Frowning with concentration, the teenagers methodically pick apart seams and carefully slice up fabric as they learn how to make dresses and shirts.
The finding of a military court that 10 soldiers were guilty of committing violence against civilians at the Terrain Hotel in Juba, South Sudan, has finally delivered justice for the survivors and the family of the journalist murdered in the attack.
Carpentry, brick laying, perhaps a spot of hairdressing. Or why not give connecting electrical or solar-powered devices a crack? Back in April, such a veritable vocational training smorgasbord was up for grabs for 115 young men and women in Malakal.
Mangateen, relatively near central Juba. A makeshift camp for some 3,500 recently and voluntarily relocated displaced persons. We are standing outside a huge warehouse made to look small by the hundreds and hundreds of people calling it their home.
Almost 3500 internally displaced people have been successfully relocated from the UN Protection of Civilians site in Juba to a new site within the community in a joint effort between the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and humanitarian agencies.
In a bid to improve their living conditions, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has donated sleeping mats and dignity kits to more than sixty inmates held at Bentiu central prison.
Their scarlet tunics and bearskins are renowned all over the world. They are mostly seen carrying out ceremonial duties in London and at Windsor Castle.