Joyful songs and speeches reverberated in Rumbek, South Sudan, as the area marked the International Peacekeepers’ Day, with locals commending the role played by United Nations peacekeepers in preventing the conflict in the country from spiraling out of control.
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Unaisi Bolatolu-Vuniwaqa, a national of Fiji, is the first-ever female Police Commissioner serving the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
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"South Sudan peace" was the theme for participants in the UNMISS Art for Peace contest in Juba.
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All smiles as UNMISS on Tuesday 22 May donated a much-needed car to the police in Rumbek, Western Lakes.
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Priests and members of their congregations wept as they prayed for political leaders negotiating in Addis Ababa to compromise and work together for peace.
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Soon inmates of the prison in Cueibet in the Greater Lakes region will have a fence around them, a new ablution unit and two refurbished cells for night-time use.