Civil society advocates are calling for parties to put aside their dispute over future states and form a transitional government so that peace can be secured in the best interests of the people of South Sudan.

Zoyia Amou Matur’s love for volleyball began when she was just nine years old.

“Volleyball is discipline, love, unity and, above all, it is peace,” she says.

Zoyia was inspired by her father, a former footballer, who encouraged her passion for sport.

Wang Deng is proud of, and passionate about, his country.

In 2002, the former soldier in the Sudan People’s Liberation Army was injured during a fierce battle on the frontlines of the war for independence in the city of Malakal in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan.