Women in Amadi call for full implementation of 35% power-sharing policy
Women in South Sudan’s Amadi area have jointly called on the Government of South Sudan to fully implement the provision that guarantees 35% representation for women in the power-sharing arrangement, in accordance with the…
Returnees in Pajok eager to see tangible peace following last year’s agreement
Returnees in Torit area’s Pajok have appealed to South Sudanese authorities to bring services nearer and protect them from any imminent risk, so they can enjoy the dividends of the revitalized peace agreement, signed in Addis…
UNMISS and international donors discuss recovery and resilience in Wau
The Deputy Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for humanitarian affairs and 50 high-level delegates from the international donor community have been in Wau to assess the humanitarian situation in the area. The one…
Protection of children: Construction of UNMISS-supported office begins at army headquarters
Sand has been piled up. Gravel is on the ready. A water tank is full. Some building blocks have been stacked up to one side, while others are being laid orderly, one on top of the other and smoothened with plaster. A handful…
A tale of two women: Reaching across the political divide to push for peace in Yei
“We are tired. We are losing our husbands, we are losing our children. How long are we going to talk about peace?” cries Alice Senna Philip, as she sits alongside other weeping women in a dark, humid tukul (hut) in the heart…
‘In the village you have relatives around, and they help you’: New dawn as displaced families embark on voluntary return journeys
The bright Juba sunrise rays blast through the sprawling rickety structures that form the UN protection site, adjacent to the Organization’s base in the South Sudanese capital. For Nyamuon, Nyachoat and Nyaliep, it is the…
UNMISS launches series of social cohesion forums among communities in Torit West County
In the past two years, frequent incidents of child abductions have become a security threat in Torit, Kapoeta and other parts of the Eastern Equatoria region. Civil society organizations have therefore called for an inter…
The revitalized peace agreement: What’s in it for women?
“We still have more questions than answers in our minds,” admits Peter Boscoe Lotyang, the Speaker of Parliament for Kapoeta in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria region. The revitalized peace agreement, signed in September 2018…
South Sudanese police officers in Kapoeta receive certificates after being trained by UN Police.
Kapoeta police trained by UN colleagues
Today, they are the lucky ones. Theirs was a quick trip to the agreed training venue, because they live here in Kapoeta in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria region. Colleagues from further afield, from neighbouring counties…
Women at a conference in Aweil raised their voices to claim their rights and legitimate participation in decision-making.
Women from Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal and Warrap call for respect for rights and full participation
Women from greater Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal and Warrap are calling for their rights to be heard and duly respected, and for full participation in the peacebuilding process in their country. “Women do have the same rights as…
Extension of the pre-transitional period a sign of goodwill between the parties in South Sudan
Extension of the pre-transitional period a sign of goodwill between the parties in South Sudan
The unanimous decision to extend the pre-transitional period of the South Sudan peace agreement leading to the formation of a new, unified Government in South Sudan is a sign of goodwill between the parties to end the…
Journalists and civil society representatives celebrating World Press Freedom Day in Juba.
World Press Freedom Day in Juba marked by journalists urging authorities to let them do their job
“Freedom of expression, access to information and civic space is what we want and need to effectively exercise the roles of civil society in the implementation of South Sudan’s peace agreement,” said Edmond Yakani, Executive…