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Activists and members of women’s groups in Juba are insisting on their crucial role to bringing lasting peace to South Sudan, in light of the country’s revitalized peace agreement signed last month in Addis Ababa.
It’s 10.00 a.m. in South Sudan’s remote town of Bor, and last-minute preparations are underway before the start of a medal parade ceremony for close to eight dozen peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea. They have been in the country for eight months, working mostly as engineers.
Students from five universities in South Sudan march together on a field at the University of Juba.
Nyamile Malual Jiech walked with her children for five days and nights through violent clashes to reach the safety of the United Nations protection site in Bentiu. Her husband was killed in the fierce clashes in the Unity region.
A joint UN and AU delegation on a three-day visit to South Sudan has expressed their solidarity with the people and leadership of the country, saying they are ready to help support the peace agreement signed recently in Addis Ababa.
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.215
Standing in formation under the sweltering sun, hundreds of Ethiopian peacekeepers serving in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan received the UN medal in honor of their service for peace in the country.
Members of the organized forces in Torit have pledged to promote human rights to fulfill their responsibility of protecting and serving their local communities.
A group of students from Don Bosco Senior Secondary School in Juba have been busy the last two months designing and planting a peace garden in their school.
A flurry of activity at South Sudan’s Juba International Airport, as UNMISS personnel and airport staff await the arrival of the first ever Vietnamese medical team to deploy in the history of peacekeeping.