UNDP Interactive Drama launched to rally communities for Peace
The United Nations Development program – UNDP in partnership with the Radio Miraya, a UN radio in South Sudan, have launched a new phase of interactive drama series, as part of the greater efforts designed to rally local communities for peace. According to UNDP, the latest phase of Kuburi Bridge…
Kenyan President urges country’s leaders to press forward with peace process pt.1
Meanwhile, the Uganda Joint Christian Council plans to write a joint statement addressing the leadership in Juba appealing for peace. Bishop Onono Onweng says at the heart of this statement to be released later this week is a reiteration to the leaders to settle down and provide peace to the country…
Kenyan President urges country’s leaders to press forward with peace process pt.2
The pupils who spoke with Radio Miraya said they lack exercise books, pens and pencils plus text books. Voice of Children ARABIC……………………………………………………………………………….VC The makeshift school in the protection of civilian’s sites is supported by the UN’s children’s agency - UNICEF. Dr. Samuel Patti, UNICEF…
Kenyan President urges country’s leaders to press forward with peace process pt.3
The pupils who spoke with Radio Miraya said they lack exercise books, pens and pencils plus text books. Voice of Children ARABIC……………………………………………………………………………….VC The makeshift school in the protection of civilian’s sites is supported by the UN’s children’s agency - UNICEF. Dr. Samuel Patti, UNICEF…
Security Council delegation to visit South Sudan
A delegation from the United Nations Security Council is expected to visit South Sudan next week. The visit comes after the 15 member Council approved the deployment of a 4,000-strong protection force responsible for providing a secure environment in and around Juba, under the UN Peacekeeping…
Even in camps, South Sudan’s Refugees encouraged to unite for peace
As the number of South Sudanese seeking safety in Uganda clocks nearly 100 thousand, according to UNHCR estimates, concerns are mounting about the continued strained relations between the South Sudanese refugee seeking safety in Uganda. The Coordinator of the Transitional Justice working group, Mr…
South Sudan works towards containing recent cholera outbreak
Health authorities in South Sudan say they’re close to containing the cholera outbreak in Juba, but are concerned about reports of new cases and deaths in other parts of the country. The director of Juba Teaching Hospital, Isaac Maker said the number of patients at the facility was 45, way down from…
Peacekeepers undertake weapons sweep operation on the outskirts of PoC site 3
Paramount to the UN mission’s mandate in South Sudan is the protection of civilians, and ensuring POC sites themselves remain secure is a daily task. Saturday break of dawn, on the outskirts of the Juba PoC 3 site, UNMISS Peacekeepers from Ethiopia, China, together with the Nepalese Force Protection…
South Sudan’s Youths stepping up action for Peace
South Sudan’s young generation, is breaking the silence and asking the leadership and the nation at large, to listen, reflect and start thinking peace. A team of three - two young men and one woman, walked into the Radio Miraya studios, to talk about the pain they have suffered as a result of the of…
South Sudan’s Youths stepping up action for Peace
The pupils who spoke with Radio Miraya said they lack exercise books, pens and pencils plus text books. Voice of Children ARABIC……………………………………………………………………………….VC The makeshift school in the protection of civilian’s sites is supported by the UN’s children’s agency - UNICEF. Dr. Samuel Patti, UNICEF…
Recruitment of children in armed conflict in South Sudan is unacceptable
Following a UNICEF report released in August indicating that 650 children had been recruited into South Sudan’s current conflict in 2016 alone; the US Department of State Assistant Secretary, said that the continued unlawful recruitment and use of children in armed conflict in South Sudan is…
UNMISS SRSG discusses vitality of upcoming UN Security Council tour in South Sudan
UN Security Council meeting with the Cabinet; Ambassador Power - Let me say a couple of things. First, I think it is extremely important, as the Secretary General has said, that the UN look at its failures to respond to civilians who were in desperate need; South Sudanese civilians who were being…