The author, Gideon Sackitey (right) helps colleagues to offload mattresses - part of the items they donated to the children's ward at Bor Town Hospital - from a truck.
Serving in South Sudan: A Ghanaian UN volunteer's journey and his first UN Volunteers Day
It was all joy in August this year when I received an email that I had been selected as a United Nations Volunteer; I would be serving as a Public Information Officer with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)…
Senior army officers in Yei, learning about the human costs of war, the rights and suffering of victims of sexual violence.
SSPDF in Yei appeals for peace and an end to sexual violence
“If we don’t stand firm to end this war, we shall have no future. Young girls are being raped every day, yet grandmothers are not spared either. I do not know where we are heading as a nation.” The passionate appeal of Alice…
Bentiu celebrated the International Human Rights Day demanding accountability for perpetrators of gender-based violence and other human rights violations.
Bentiu celebrates Human Rights Day against a backdrop of pain and gender-based violence
“Human Rights oiye… oiye, oiye!!!!, shouted William Kuichiang from South Sudan’s Human Rights Commission in Bentiu, as he rallied those attending a celebration of those very rights. “Human rights oiyee, human rights oiye,”…
A section of students of the John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology listen attentively at an UNMISS forum on identity
'We are different tribes but one people,' say speakers at an UNMISS forum
“If I take blood from any of you and ask that you identify which one is Dinka, Shilluk, Murle or Nuer, that will be impossible. Dinkas, Shilluks, Murlers, and Nuer – all have the same blood that unites us as South Sudanese…
The good people of Yei certainly knows how to have a good time, here celebrating Human Rights Day.
Yei celebrates Human Rights Day as avenue to new dawn for peace
It was a blast! A harmless and joyous one, to boot. Residents of Yei this week rose to the occasion to celebrate Human Rights Day en masse. “I am delighted to celebrate this day as a blind man. It has given me hope that the…
UNMISS Quick Impact Projects improve the lives of communities across South Sudan
UNMISS Quick Impact Projects improve the lives of communities across South Sudan
Girls and women in Cuei Chok in the Lakes region have discussed their rights, which are often ignored.
“Girls are not cows”: Discussing the rights of females in Cuei Chok
As people gathered to commemorate the International Human Rights Day at Cuei Chok Primary School, I came across a group of seven teenage girls aged between 13 and 16 years seated with a 13-year-old boy. Attempting to talk to…
Members of the previously clashing communities of Manuer and Gak celebrate the signing of a peace deal.
Gak and Manuer sections put pen to paper to end five years of inter-communal conflict in Lakes
Local leaders, youth and women of the Gak and Manuer sections in the counties of Aloor and Malueeth in the Greater Lakes region have unanimously agreed to end five years of inter-communal conflict that has claimed at least…
Medical supplies for all at the Malakal prison as UNMISS peacekeepers make a vital donation.
Inmates in Malakal receive lifesaving medical supplies from UNMISS peacekeepers
Inmates at the state prison in Malakal have received a gift of medical supplies from Indian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan. The donation includes antibiotics, fortified malnutrition supplements and…
“Malakal United”: The peace concert that brought a war-ravaged town to life again
Emmanuel Kembe, VIP, Kawaja Revolution – all on one stage! The unusual artistic trinity came to life in Malakal early this week, as they fired up a boisterous crowd at a peace concert fittingly called Malakal United. “…
‘We can fish; our children can eat fish’: Akobo returnees on life after leaving UNMISS protection site
Thirty-two-year-old Nyakong Nyal Deng slowly steps back and looks away as she covers her face. Her fingers gently sweep over her eyes. She is hiding away her tears. As she narrates the cause of a now-healed scar on her right…
On Friday 14 December, three young boys, released after having been abducted in 2017, arrived in Juba on board an UNMISS helicopter. The next step is to find their families.
UNMISS and Unicef support the reunification of abducted children with their families
Every big journey starts with a small step. The first such steps, crucial ones at that, towards a happy family reunion have been taken by three young boys. Abducted in 2017, they have been released, and on Friday 14 December…