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As civilian disarmament in South Sudan's Jonglei State pushes into its second month, residents are crying out for more security to protect them from those who still have guns.
Joyce was among a group of 42 returnees who left a camp in Malakal on 29 May to board a flight to the Warrap State capital of Kuajok.
Nothing could have prepared Martha Anei Lual for the changes in her life when she and her husband decided over a year ago that it was time to leave Khartoum and return to their hometown in the Northern Bahr El-Ghazal state capital of Aweil.
A group of energetic young dancers in the Warrap State capital of Kuajok are pouring their hopes and passions into two dramas for South Sudan's independence anniversary.
A continuing flow of returnees into Eastern Equatoria State is taxing its already limited sources of water, electricity and housing, officials say.
John Okulo has come a long way since he signed up as a child soldier during the height of Sudan's civil war at the age of 14.
Unlike many of his comrades who served in the Sudan People's Liberation Army, the now 21-year-old former combatant has successfully re-entered civilian life.
Prisoners of feuding youth in Jonglei State for almost five months, an elated Dole Koroko and her two-year-old son recently stepped off an UNMISS helicopter to freedom in Pibor.
29 August 2012 - Assisting to bring former combatants back into society, the UNMISS Chinese contingent handed over the groundworks for a training facility today in Mapel, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State.
28 August 2012 - Leading South Sudanese personalities and opinion leaders gathered in Juba with Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Hilde F. Johnson for the inaugural session of the Consultative Group to UNMISS.