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WARRAP - “As a soldier and a mother, I’ve witnessed how conflict robs children of their childhood. This training has taught me that we can protect them from harm, even in war. It's our duty to nurture their hope instead of allowing fear to take over,” said Private Mary Adut, who serves with the…

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 displaced. The peacekeeping convoy snakes its way southward through the…

UNITY – To be imprisoned is, by nature, no walk in the park. Add severe overcrowding, poor sanitary conditions, a lack of healthcare routines and juvenile offenders being locked up with adult criminals and the overall picture becomes rather bleak. Colonel Kon Pal Keat, Director of the state prison…

[Near Verbatim] Honourable Dr Korir SingOei, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs His Excellency Koul Manyang Juuk, Senior Presidential Advisor and Head of the government delegation, General Pagan Amum, Chairman, Real SPLM, General Paul Malong Awan, Chairman and C-in-C…

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 in South Sudan in 2018. Hosted by the Kenyan Government, the high-level…

EASTERN EQUATORIA - Access to education is a fundamental right for every child, and it is one that signatories to South Sudan’s revitalized peace agreement must make a priority. This was one of the main conclusions when a joint verification team visited Eastern Equatoria to check whether any girls…

EASTERN EQUATORIA – “I assure you, we will drive change against sexual exploitation, as our mothers and sisters are bearing the brunt of these injustices,” said Elias Taban Elias, the Guild President of the Torit Health Science Institute. As Eastern Equatoria State commits to the global mission of…

NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – Achai Deng, a South Sudanese Human Rights Officer in Aweil, serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) believes that the country’s youth hold the key to peace – if they are adequately empowered. That, she thinks, is particularly important for women and…

[As Delivered] Thank you for joining me at today’s press conference and welcome to everyone tuning in live on Radio Miraya. Today, I’ll be briefing on three main areas — Firstly, commending progress on technical preparations for elections that we’ve seen more recently. Secondly, our ongoing efforts…

LAKES – When they saw the broken bed frames, peeling walls, roof leaks, cracked windows and lack of protection against mosquitoes in one of the wards at the hospital in Rumbek, a group of 20 dedicated United Nations Volunteers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) decided…

JUBA - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has commended parties to the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement and holdout groups that did not sign the deal for resuming talks in Nairobi, Kenya, under the Tumaini Initiative. “This has…

TORIT- The Union of Persons Living with Disabilities in Eastern Equatoria have raised concerns about their rights not being adequately protected. To address the issue, the entity advocates for an awareness-raising drive to reduce discrimination and stigmatization. “I am raising my voice on behalf of…