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South Sudan People's Defence Forces senior officers attending a two-day workshop on child protection in Jebel Boma “We want to be a delisted, professional army that protects children. Children are our future. So, they really need to be protected.” Those were the words of the South Sudan People’s…

Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Zahir Tanin participated as a panelist at the high-level seminar “Increasing the participation of women in peace processes”, organised by UN Women and the Government of Italy in Rome on December 3 and 4, 2019. The event included…

In chains: A suspect accused of theft appears in a Mobile High Court in Yambio Richard Nimeri has waited patiently for his case to be heard in court. “I came to the court here because my case has delayed for three years now. If a case delays like this, it brings bad feelings and sometimes the urge…

A combined group of Kabirize women at the closing of Jie-Murle conference in Jebel Buma In July 2019, the Jie and Murle communities engaged in a bloody fight in Marua and other villages of South Sudan’s Boma area. The fight, in the Greater Jonglei region, left 85 people dead, while several others…

United in South Sudan: UK and French ambassadors to South Sudan pose for a photo at the historical site of the Fashioda Incident Late in the 19th century, two imperial powers’ ambitions intersected, literally, in the town of Fashoda, present-day Kodok, South Sudan. In 1898, after a months-long…

Hajat Karama holds tightly onto her new solar radio Hajat Karama has been relying on people around her to get news and information about what is going on in her country. “I am an old woman who is unable to even move around freely due to limited mobility and vision,” she says. Ms. Karama is now a…

Photo by Koné Mouroulaye, UNAMID Juba, South Sudan 10 December 2019; Under the auspices of the Government of South Sudan, the third round of peace negotiations between the Transitional Government of Sudan and the armed movements represented by the Sudan Revolution Front (SRF) and Sudan People…

Students dance excitedly during the Family Open Day event in Yambio. They clapped, they danced, and they sang. Hundreds celebrated Human Rights Day with the theme “United for Peace”, at a day-long festival where students and their parents danced and sang side by side. “You have come out as students…

Hajat Karama holds tightly onto her new solar radio Hajat Karama has been relying on people around her to get news and information about what is going on in her country. “I am an old woman who is unable to even move around freely due to limited mobility and vision,” she says. Ms. Karama is now a…

Following the recent renewal of the MINUSCA mandate, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Mission Head, Mankeur Ndiaye chaired a townhall meeting on its implementation on 12 December at MINUSCA Logbase in Bangui. The Mission mandate was renewed with adjustments by Security Council…

A UN Police officer makes a point during training on how to curb SGBV in Kapoeta “Rape and child marriage are crimes… no matter the cultural justifications.” This important message was shared by Kapoeta police officer Matheus Christopher Iokoto at a training workshop on conflict-related sexual and…

Ragini Kumari conducts a foot patrol of a protection of civilians site while accompanied by a community elder. Ragini Kumari has many appellations. She is a devoted wife and mother of two, an avid practitioner of yoga and an aficionado of music. She is also a police officer. Following her tenure…