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MALAKAL – “When you are farming, you might get killed. When you are fishing, you might be, too. Even walking isn’t safe.”
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At the UN Protection Site in Malakal, residents have turned challenges into opportunities. Bustling markets and community spaces have replaced previously bare ground.
With UNMISS support, Yambio received the Traditional Hub—an essential center for fostering dialogue, cultural exchange, and meaningful reconciliation. Photo: Denis Louro/UNMISS.
On the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, a vibrant event was held to mark the Organization’s contribution to peace and development in South Sudan, including a storytelling photo exhibition of the UN contributions in the country. Photo: Isaac Billy/UNMISS.
Calls for peace and unity echoed at an arts competition in Yambio, where young artists displayed their creativity through vibrant colors and rhythms, advocating for positive change. Photo: Denis Louro/UNMISS.
After what many are calling one of the worst floods in years, over 4300 people have been displaced across six counties in Greater Pibor Administrative Area. UNMISS peacekeepers are keeping the crucial dyke intact.
A series of intercommunal skirmishes in the area meant that Major Md Mahbubul Alam Khan and his Bangladeshi unit had to stay in a remote, rudimentary outpost in Thiet, Warrap State, for months before the security situation allowed them to return to Kuajok. Photo: Zejin Yin/UNMISS.
Surrounded by maize, okra and bean plants, residents of Hai Matar, an area in Malakal, are realizing their dream of a new life with hard work and hope. The UN family has helped 128 households, displaced by conflict, to return home, by clearing unexploded ordinances from the land, building shelters, providing transport and other support.