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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 feel freed because I can play, shout and clap for winning the games while in…

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 Counties in the country’s Eastern Equatoria region, any item that eases…

“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 arriving in Yei town a week later,” said a 39-year-old mother of four and…

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 and different tribes from far and near together after a long time,” said…

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 the conflict-affected country for almost six years now, including children…

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 Capacity for Sustainable Mine Action in South Sudan.” Since 2011, Japan…

UNMISS Tomping Site, Juba Conference Room – 27 March 2019

“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 proceedings that have taken place in Manyabol over the last couple of days…

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 reconcile for unity,” said mother-of-five, Mary Juan, who lost her husband in…

“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.” “This” is the challenge posed by landmines and other unexploded ordnance…

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 thefts and killings related to cattle. The conference, under the theme…

During the rainy season in Kodok, a town located along the volatile West Bank in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan, it’s not unusual to see fish and crocodiles floating around far away from their home in the Nile. As in many other parts of the country, intense rains and flooding bring everything…