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MUNDRI - The journey to justice in Greater Mundri is a long and difficult one. Traveling more than 200 kilometers from Yambio, in Western Equatoria, an assessment team escorted by United Nations peacekeepers moves slowly…
JUBA – It’s a quiet Saturday at the Confident Children out of Conflict center in Juba. While violence is rising across the country, the space is a rare sanctuary amidst the chaos. A sanctuary that has become home to 52…
UNITY - A most troublesome scenario is unfolding in Unity State. Even though the rainy season is long gone, the stagnant waters that hold the town of Bentiu hostage after years of extraordinary flooding are continuing to rise…
MALAKAL – In the dusty lanes that meander between the tiny tents and tin shanties in the Malakal displacement camp, people are busy getting on with their business. Whether it’s cooking food, getting children off to school…
POKTAP - Duk County has become the epicenter of a human catastrophe. A volatile mix of armed conflict, massive displacement, and a cholera outbreak has left thousands suffering and counting immense losses. Assessment reports…
TORIT - In response to security concerns in Eastern Equatoria, a patrol of 60 uniformed and civilian peacekeepers made the challenging 280-kilometer-long journey by road from South Sudan’s capital, Juba, to Torit. Their four…
MALAKAL - “Those who want to hurt us will think twice because we now know how to defend ourselves and keep our sisters safe." The strongest of messages for anyone thinking of threatening women and girls in the displacement…
TAMBURA - As the hum of helicopter blades breaks the stillness of the morning, residents in the Tambura displacement camp stir to life under their makeshift tarpaulin and thatched shelters. Children pause mid-play, and elders…
MALAKAL - When civil war erupted in 2013, hundreds of thousands of people fled for their lives, seeking sanctuary at United Nations peacekeeping bases across South Sudan. After providing emergency protection to those in…
GREATER PIBOR ADMINISTRATIVE AREA - When the sun rises over Pibor in dry season, trucks begin to roll into this remote area with confidence. Not long ago, undertaking the journey from South Sudan’s capital, Juba, was a gamble…
YAMBIO - “We are meant to go to school, play with friends, and dream big. Our hands should be holding books and pens, not guns. I raise my red hand today to say no more child soldiers. Let every child live in peace and safety…
GREATER PIBOR ADMINISTRATIVE AREA - In Likuongole justice doesn’t begin in a police station. It begins under a big tamarind tree. When violence broke out between rival youth groups in this remote county of Greater Pibor…