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Peacekeepers and humanitarian actors are working hard to assist thousands of people who have been displaced by floods in Western Equatoria's Mundri West County. Photos: Denis Louro Oliver/UNMISS
“A heavy rain made the River Mori overflow, which flooded the area where I live. I and my children narrowly escaped dead,” recounts Alice Marawa, a resident of Mundri West County and mother of six, tears flowing as she speaks.
Participants from three counties in Lakes State sign a document with agreed-on resolutions to reduce intercommunal tensions. Photo: James Mawien Manyuol/UNMISS
LAKES- Cattle thefts and the revenge attacks often carried out by the raided community claim the lives of many people in different parts of South Sudan.
Law enforcement agents inspecting their new HQ in Gumuruk, recently handed over to the community by UNMISS. Photos: Mach Samuel/UNMISS
GREATER PIBOR- To be effective, law enforcement agencies need to be both present and visible.
Lieutenant Colonel Vishwanath Channamallappa Gundagi from India, wanting to give children a couple of hours of happiness a day, bought and handed over 100 footballs to boys and girls in Western Equatoria State.
Football is known as the beautiful game, but in some of its most avid fans, it also brings out equally beautiful acts of human generosity at its very best.
Just about everyone with a say in the South Sudanese peace process was present when International Peace Day was celebrated in Juba. Photo: Isaac Billy/UNMISS
In South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation and a place where the quest for sustainable peace is very much ongoing, International Peace Day, that special day to reiterate the wish for global harmony to rein supreme between and within countries, is likely to mean more than in mos
UNMISS Force Commander Lieutenant General Mohan Subramanian got his fair share of both mud and praise on his visit to Unity State and the Ruweng Administrative Area. Photos: Roseline Nzelle Nkwelle/UNMISS
UNITY/RUWENG- It was an intensive three-days visit for the newly appointed Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) as he visited several key military locations in Unity State and the Ruweng Administrative Area.
A team of UN peacekeepers and humanitarian actors on an assessment visit to severely flood-affected Mvolo County, Western Equatoria State. Photos: Denis Louro Oliver/UNMISS
WESTERN EQUATORIA- Circling above Mvolo County in the early morning light, those on board the United Nations’ helicopter can’t help but notice the damages caused by h
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom.
Madame President,
Building confidence and creating safe communities - that's the ultimate goal of community policing initiatives. UNPOL officers serving with UNMISS in Torit, South Sudan, recently trained 25 local policing counterparts as part of their ongoing support to local law enforcement efforts in expanding community policing across Eastern Equatoria. Photo by Samira Y. Salifu/UNMISS
EASTERN EQUATORIA - Building capacities of national policing counterparts is what United Nations Police (UNPOL) officers serving with UNMISS are gifted at.
Traditional chiefs in the Greater Equatoria region believe they should have more political clout over local matters. Photos: Samira Y Salifu/UNMISS
EASTERN EQUATORIA- In South Sudan, like in many other countries where state institutions of authority are comparatively young, formal and traditional power structures coexist.