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The roles and responsibilities of traditional and formal authorities were on the agenda at a recent UNMISS workshop in Eastern Equatoria State. Photos: Moses Yakudu/UNMISS
EASTERN EQUATORIA – Sometimes, traditional and formal laws collide. At other times, one or both sets of regulations are unclear. In many parts of the country, this legal confusion creates tensions, frequently leading to conflicts and violence.
It is hoped that participants at this UNMISS workshop will work hard to eradicate gender-based violence in their Western Equatorian communities, Sakure and Lirangu. Photo: Phillip Mbugo/UNMISS
WESTERN EQUATORIA- Putting an end to gender-based violence requires the active involvement of both men and women, who need to be aware of their rights and ways of reporting incidents of such aggression.
Juba, 1 February 2023: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), wishes to raise serious concerns over the reported buildup of the Agwelek forces in Upper Nile state in the past few days.
Officers of the South Sudan People's Defence Force receiving a refresher on human rights. Photos: James Sokiri/UNMISS
“If we want to truly transform and rebuild this country and a national army, we must listen to the voices of our civilians, so we can restore public trust and confidence,” Captain Joseph James Mangar, Head of the Department of Training and Advocacy on
With relative peace having been restored, thousands of displaced persons are returning to their homes in villages around Tambura. Photos: Denis Louro Oliver/UNMISS
WESTERN EQUATORIA- A steady stream of spontaneous returnees has been making its way home as a local peace initiative in the Tambura area, supported by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has resulted in relative calm and securit
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Participants at an UNMISS workshop in Bor discussed how to improve the protection of civilians in their region. Photo: Mach Samuel/UNMISS
JONGLEI- Keeping people safe is a joint and permanently ongoing endeavour in any society, but to better protect civilians, one needs to know what the threats are, what rol
Participants at an UNMISS workshop learning more about protection of civilians, one of the peacekeeping mission's core tasks. Photos: Taban Geofrey Koma Alfred/UNMISS
CENTRAL EQUATORIA- Knowing what responsibility that belongs to whom is always a good idea, but particularly when it comes to protecting all civilians, also the previously displaced persons who are choosing to return home, in times of insecurity.
Some of the released abductees waiting to be transported back home to the Greater Pibor Administrative Area.
JONGLEI/PIBOR- Following serious intercommunal clashes in Jonglei State and the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has contributed to a total of 88 abducted women and children being recovered and returned to Greater Pibor.
Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN in South Sudan, covered a multitude of topics during his first press conference of the year. Photos: Isaac Billy/UNMISS
Fast-tracking the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement, not least by getting a new constitution drafted, graduating and deploying a unified national army, ending armed intercommunal conflicts, and making the necessary preparations for elections in December 2024, will be v