Long walks for survival: A choice between food security and personal safety
Hundreds of women, young and old, gather and line up at a food distribution center, opposite Bentiu town’s main mosque. They are from Nhialdiu, and have walked anywhere between 30 and 40 kilometers to get to this food distribution center. Tired, many of the women are hungry, dusty, and thirsty. Some…
Displaced women in Bor: “We fought for South Sudanese independence, we are one people”
“We were all in the bush together. We all fought for the liberation and independence of South Sudan. We are the same people.” One after the other, one Bor-based woman after the other delivered the same message, with slightly different wordings, as they participated in a workshop on national identity…
Peacekeepers in Malakal train community animal health workers
An enthusiastic group of trainees in Malakal are now ready to provide basic services to livestock owners in the area, after completing an intensive, hands-on training on community animal health. They are now certified Community Animal Health Workers and can handle livestock disease management…
Breaking the silence about sexual gender-based violence in the Unity region
“People in our area have been accused of those sexual assaults. We will lead the fight and find those who abused our women, says Laraka Machar, Deputy Governor in Northern Liech. According to the Medicines Sans Frontiers/Doctors without Borders (MSF) report released in November 2018, nearly one…
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.222
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.222
Girls participating in Torit cultural festival insist on right to avoid early and forced marriages
“Torit give us a chance! Marriage is between adults, not between an adult and a child. We are left without a future when our brothers are sent to school, but we are picked out to clean, cook and get married,” Mary Akur, a student at the Father Saturlino school, poured out. During the cultural…
UNMISS supports Torit-Kapoeta conference leading to cattle migration agreement
The people living in the Torit and Kapoeta regions have signed an agreement to advance peaceful coexistence and to regulate, control and manage cattle movements between the counties of Kidepo Valley, Riwoto, Ikotos, Chukudum, Torit East, Kimotong and Lopa. The deal was struck at a three-day…
UNMISS Condemns the Assault on a CTSAMVM Monitoring and Verification Team in the Luri Area
UNMISS Condemns the Assault on a CTSAMVM Monitoring and Verification Team in the Luri Area
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.223
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.223 - 24 December 2018
Peacekeepers clear landmines outside Bor town
The United Nations Mine Action Service has discovered and removed unexploded ordinances and mines five kilometres outside of Bor town, in the Thon-Awai area, in the Greater Jonglei region. The community in Thon-Awai is happy about the clearance efforts made by the specialized UN entity. The…
Being an orphan in Torit: The quest to keep one’s head above water
Peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan spent part of their spare Christmas time at two orphanages in Torit, bringing a bit of joy and gifts to the children staying there. “We were brought here because we were told no one wanted to support us. Every day, we see how the…
Armed forces in Eastern Equatoria meet to promote peace and trust
Confidence and trust-building, the bedrock for the implementation of the negotiated Revitalized Peace Agreement, were the focus at a meeting between the South Sudan People's Defense Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition in Pajok, located in the Eastern Equatoria region. “We are…