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Greater Kajo-Keji, consisting of the four counties of Nyepo, Kangapo, Liwolo and Kajo-Keji in the Yei River region, was once blooming and full of life and farmers. Nowadays the area lays in ruins as most of its inhabitants have fled for their lives to refugee camps in Uganda. The insecurity in…

The Chinese Engineering Company of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in Wau has completed more than 170 kilometres of robust road rehabilitation, linking the towns of Kuajok, Wau and Tonj. The project, which began in November 2017, was completed earlier this month, making it possible for…

In an effort to empower women in the region, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in Northern Bahr el Gahzal region has handed over two quick impact projects to communities in Aweil town and in the Aweil East area. On Wednesday, the peacekeeping mission’s Field Office in Aweil handed over a…

On his second visit to Bor town in Jonglei, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, has underscored the need to urgently remove the obstacles that stop the people displaced by conflict from returning home. “We…

The streets of Juba were today lit up in midday excitement, as David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), joined some 400 boda boda motorcyclists, riding through the city in a campaign aimed at increasing road safety…

Residents of Wau town were this week relieved of some of their physical pain and ailments, as Bangladeshi peacekeepers deployed in the town by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), pitched camp, providing basic medical services. “I have got the medicines that they brought after…

Bees occupy the floodlights that were once used to illuminate the playing fields. Paint has peeled off from the walls, and the endless iron sheet fencing is falling apart. The rundown structures tell tales of days before, when the young and old would come out to compete in various sporting…

The need to include women and youth in resolving conflicts and peacebuilding has been emphasized at a two-day workshop organized by the Gender Affairs Unit of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), in the Warrap region of South Sudan. “Women are culturally excluded from intercommunal…

Fire response teams from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) swiftly removed a cargo flight that crash-landed at Wau Airport from the runway, making it safe for flights to resume their operations normally. The cargo aircraft with five crew members had departed from Kuajok, a town…

Efforts to explain the new mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan and build trust and confidence with the community are underway with the first of a series of workshops held in Bentiu. The United Nations Security Council recently renewed the Mission’s mandate to protect civilians and…

Refugees who fled ongoing violence are beginning to return to the villages of Bungu and Ganji in Jubek, South Sudan, in the hope of rebuilding their homes and planting their crops before the rainy season starts. A patrol led by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan visited the area with support…

The group of young people gathered under the shady tree in Torit are holding signs reading “American”, “German”, “South Sudanese”, “Woman”, “Man”, “Rich”, “Poor”, “Muslim”, “Christian”. The teenagers are asked to reach out their hands to each other without putting down their sign. They quickly…