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As part of the United Nations International Peacekeepers’ Day commemoration, youth representatives used a live radio talk-show on Kuajok FM 99.9 to appeal to the government to offer them entrepreneurial skills to stop ongoing violence in the country.
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Kuajok youth took to the radio waves to express their concerns about unemployment as UNMISS celebrated Peacekeepers' Day. Photos: Peter Ring Ariik Kuol/UNMISS
Jason William Gbambi, a national volunteer serving with UNMISS, is thoroughly enjoying his important work. Photos: Gregorio Cunha/UNMISS
Human life, and many an outdoor meeting, depend on trees and the shadows they provide. Hence, a bit of tree-planting in Malakal. Photo: Janet Adongo/UNMISS
Women in the multi-ethnic melting pot Nimule strategizing on how to achieve peaceful coexistence in the area. Photos: Okello James/UNMISS
More than 19,000 peacekeepers work hard to deter violence and protect civilians across South Sudan, helping the world's newest country transition from war to peace. Today, the Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom, honoured them for their service and sacrifice, especially during the time of COVID-19 at a simple but meaningful ceremony at the mission's headquarters in Juba. Photo by Gregorio Cunha/UNMISS.
Ana James, 24, and Sunday Chol, 23, are sought-after hairdressers in Malakal, South Sudan. Both have no formal training in the beauty industry, but are passionate about entrepreneurship and fashion. Photo by Samson Liberty/UNMISS.
Major Majharul Nowshad is a 29-year-old army officer from Bangladesh who is serving for peace with UNMISS in Kuajok, South Sudan.
Zekia Musa, 29, may be visually impaired but that doesn't stop this feisty young activist from advocating for the rights of disabled persons and highlighting the need to include them at all levels of decision-making. Photo by Moses Pasi/UNMISS.
28-year-old UNPOL officer Nanah Kamara decided she wanted to be a United Nations peacekeeper when she and her friends visited the peacekeeping mission in her home country, Sierra Leone, as young teenagers.