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Achai Deng is a firm believer in access to education, vocational trainings and employment opportunities for all youth, not least girls and women. Photo: Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – Achai Deng, a South…

As part of the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence, more than 50 apprentices from the Torit Health Science Institute were educated on how to prevent and report such abuses. Photos by Moses Yakudu/UNMISS. EASTERN…

This story was written by Sophie Boudre and Stephanie Wild. Ms. Boudre is UN Peacekeeping Strategic Communications' Deputy Chief and project manager for gender and reputational issues. Ms. Wild is a Strategic Communications…

No evidence of grave violations of children’s rights, but also no nearby school or healthcare facility. Results when a verification team visited a cantonment site in Irube were mixed. Photos by Moses Yakudu & Okello James…

Peace talks have resumed in Nairobi, Kenya, between representatives of South Sudan’s Transitional Government of National Unity and hold-out groups that did not sign the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict…

As winter looms in Lebanon, UNIFIL’s Italian peacekeepers have donated a number of items including blankets, food, medicines and hygiene kits to hospitals and authorities in south Lebanon for the benefit of those affected by…

Driven by a spirit of volunteerism, UNMISS volunteers in Rumbek gathered the necessary resources and then renovated a hospital ward. Photo by Fares Aouadi/UNMISS. LAKES – When they saw the broken bed frames, peeling walls…

[Near Verbatim] Honourable Dr Korir SingOei, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora AffairsHis Excellency Koul Manyang Juuk, Senior Presidential Advisor and Head of the government delegation,General Pagan Amum…

UNMISS Ghanaian peacekeepers provided medical care and hygiene services at Bentiu Prison, promoting the humane treatment of prisoners. Photo by Taban Geofrey Koma Alfred/UNMISS. UNITY – To be imprisoned is, by nature, no walk…

Early morning at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan’s base in the capital Juba, peacekeepers are gearing up for a patrol to a notoriously unsafe area where civilians, including women and children, have been killed and…

In Romich in Warrap State, 60 members of the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces participated in a workshop on protecting children’s rights, particularly by not recruiting them to their ranks. Photo by Manyang Mayom/UNMISS…

At the age of 10, an accident changed his life path, leaving him with a severe injury to his left leg. Growing up in a family of cattle keepers, where physical ability was essential for a boy's future, the incident seemed…