Women of Leer optimistic about their future as security improves in southern Unity
Eighty-year-old Nyapuoka Gatkuoth Geer has seen a lot of suffering during the conflict that erupted across South Sudan five years ago. In the southern Unity region, where she lives, fierce fighting between armed groups forced…
Upper Nile leaders set the pace for peace with political tours and engagements
South Sudan’s second largest city, Malakal, held a peace celebration in scenes reminiscent of the atmosphere when the young country became a republic seven years ago. The celebration was a culmination of a series of…
Women walk past a UN Armoured Personnel Carrier parked on a street in Bentiu. The UN has increased patrols to reinforce security in the area after some 150 women and girls reported rape and sexual assault.
Human rights investigators rush to South Sudan’s Bentiu following spate of rapes
“One rape is too many,” says Andrea Cullinan from the United Nations Population Fund. Cullinan is also the National Coordinator representing various United Nations agencies, and national and international non-governmental…
UN volunteers in South Sudan celebrate their day with school children; help the sick
At Juba 1 Girls’ Primary School, South Sudanese girls sing and dance, articulating their dreams and aspirations. “We need peace, we need peace. I want to become a doctor,” one sings, drawing a chorus response from her peers.…
A survey, risk education, and a demo on destroying unexploded ordnance
A high-level delegation of the Embassy of Japan in South Sudan, the United Nations, and representatives from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the National Mine Action Authority (NMAA) visited Kasire…
All hands on deck: UN Volunteers clean up children’s orphanage in Malakal town
It’s been years since the pitter-patter of little feet have been heard at the SOS Children’s Village in Malakal town. There are no giggling children swinging on the playground. What used to be a place of joy now lies desolate…
Security Council Press Statement on Sexual Violence in South Sudan
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous incidents of sexual and gender-based violence against women near Bentiu in northern South Sudan in recent weeks. The members of the Security…
Curbing conflict-related sexual violence: UNMISS completes three-day training for South Sudan forces in Bentiu
Military personnel from the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces have completed a three-day training aimed at curbing conflict-related sexual violence in the northern town of Bentiu, where shocking incidents of rape and sexual…
Role play: Demonstration at trust-building workshop in Yei
Security officials and boda-boda motorcyclists in Yei agree to mend fences
A large section of boda-boda motorcyclists and security officials in Yei River area have resolved to end hatred and mistrust between them to foster peaceful coexistence and build social cohesion. The commitment was made at…
Bentiu, South Sudan: A rape survivor’s distressing tale; women's desperate pleas
At an undisclosed location in South Sudan’s Unity region, a rape survivor narrates her ordeal. “We were coming back from the town, and on our way, we found people, and these people looted our items. After that, they tied us…
Military and police officers run for peace on International Human Rights Day in South Sudan
They came before dawn. Arriving in Freedom Square in the murky pre-morning light, hundreds of athletes stretched their legs and jogged on the spot as they prepared to challenge themselves and each other in a 10-kilometre race…
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.221
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.221