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UN and South Sudanese police are doing frequent joint patrols in Jonglei State. Photos: Gideon Sackitey/UNMISS
From the outskirts, Anyidi looks deserted, with a long dry season having taken its toll. Scattered green patches do, however, spell good news: the imminent arrival of times of much-needed rain.
Almost 50 women in Wau are currently working on an UNMISS-funded project to expand and renovate the town's prison. Photos: Alahayi Nemaya/UNMISS
When the United Nations Mission in South Sudan is financing the expansion and renovation of the juvenile section of Wau Central Prison, many local women, employed by implementing partner Hold the Child Organization, are getting a chance to make
Archive photo. Abducted women and children in Jonglei State meet their families again.
Fifty-eight women and children who were abducted last year during vicious intercommunal fighting in Jonglei State in South Sudan are finally being reunited with their families.
Soldiers at the Maridi Training Centre waiting for graduation and deployment have integrated with local communities to survive. Photos: Denis Louro Oliver/UNMISS
Roman Mungu looks disappointed. Deep in thought. Always sad. Even when his fellow soldiers are laughing.
UN peacekeepers in Kapoeta North County having preparatory talks with two feuding communities ahead of a planned peace dialogue. Photos: Moses Yakudu
“We have lost too many women and children in this new bout of violence. Enough is enough,” says Magdalena, the agonized chief of the village of Lokosowan in Kapoeta North County, Eastern Equatoria State.
The UNMISS Annual Brief on Violence Affecting Civilians raises particular concern about a sharp spike in abductions by more than 300 percent. In the photo, abducted children are being released.
31 March 2021: Community-based militias were responsible for 78 percent of killings and injuries caused to civilians as well as abductions and conflict-related sexual violence during attacks in pockets of South Sudan,
Participants at a gender forum in Aweil did not forget to wash their hands. Photos: Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS
“We do urge the government to give opportunities to women to lead the country.
A hundred newly appointed politicians in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State discussing how to function across party lines. Photos: Jimmy Ludanga/UNMISS
Newly appointed state government officials in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State recently spent three days at a trust and confidence building retreat in Wau, learning how to work together across political divides in the best socioeconomic interest of
UNMISS peacekeepers lead a campaign in Eastern Equatoria State to raise awareness on harmful effects of child marriages. Photos: Samira Y. Salifu/UNMISS.
A group of 45 women in Torit, Eastern Equatoria State, have renewed their commitment to ending the harmful practice of child marriages.
A visit by Thai peacekeepers, educational material, sports equipment, chairs, fans and clothes proved a winning combination to children at a primary school in Lainya County.
Peacekeepers from Thailand serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) recently handed over educational materials, clothes, fans, chairs and sports equipment to Samson Nursery and Primary School in Lainya County.