Indian peacekeepers in Upper Nile teach farmers new methods generating incomes through goat rearing
With calm and normalcy slowly returning to many areas following the signing of the revitalized peace agreement in South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, previously displaced citizens are gearing up for returns to their…
Imprisoned juvenile offenders in Torit play and learn outside prison on a rare free day
Within the tall walls of a prison fence, they have lived, in their hundreds. They have no clue what goes on around Torit town, because they have not stepped out of the prison in a long time. “Today in Torit State prison, I…
Peace on a bicycle: Travel between villages made easier for peacemakers in Eastern Equatoria
It is not every day that a bicycle is viewed as an important tool for building peace, but in some remote and hard-to-reach areas of South Sudan, like Lopa, Ikotos, Torit East, Kidepo Valley, Chukudum, Kimotong and Riwoto…
Women and children sheltering under trees and church buildings in Yei town
Angry, hungry and tired of conflict, Yei residents bemoan new displacements in the area
“It was a hard day to describe, as men in uniform surrounded our village in pick-up cars and armoured personnel carriers, shooting everywhere at random. I escaped alone, leaving all my four children behind, two of them…
Jubilant fans at the end of the game
A football tournament boosts hopes for peace in Yei, where residents still await the silencing of guns
Animated spectators cheered the players on, in the name of peace, as a tournament that has lit up Yei town for nearly two weeks came to an end on Sunday. “I am so delighted because this game has brought our relatives, friends…
Biel Chuol in an ecstatic embrace with his father at the Akobo airstrip after returning from the UN protection site in Bor on 8 November, 2018.
Displaced families deserve to realise their dream of returning home – UNMISS chief
When civil war broke out in South Sudan, thousands of families fled their homes and sought sanctuary at the United Nations base in Wau. Many have lived in the special protection site in the Western Bahr El Ghazal region of…
Japan donates over US $1,468,000 to Mine Action in South Sudan
Juba, 29 March 2019 – The Government of Japan has contributed US $1,468,374 to the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), for the mine action project “Enabling Humanitarian Operations and Enhancing National Institutional…
Near Verbatim Transcript of Media Briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan Mr. David Shearer
UNMISS Tomping Site, Juba Conference Room – 27 March 2019
Possible peace in the pipeline as Dinkas and Murles in Jonglei agree to end age-old hostilities
“Peace is a process.” Hawa Aganas, a Civil Affairs Officer serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, lets slip an audible sigh and displays a smile which seems both wary and weary as she comments on the…
Government and SPLM/A-iO commit to work together for peace at Terekeka event
Located on the shores of the River Nile, Terekeka was the venue for a meeting that would not have been possible just over six months ago. “Today is a blessed day. A day to welcome our brothers and sons back home. A day to…
Safe ground, safe home as UN Mine Action Service clears the way for peace-driven returnees
“South Sudan is doable. We are into the endgame now, and we need support to see this one through. It isn’t a thousand-year problem. It isn’t a hundred-year problem. It is a three to five-year problem, and then this goes away…
Tonj and Gok form Joint Border Court to arbitrate cross-state conflicts
The two neighbouring communities of Tonj and Gok have agreed to establish a joint border court to arbitrate cases of inter-communal violence. The court, to be comprised of seven traditional chiefs, will have jurisdiction on…