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As we arrive at the Youth Training Centre in the UN protection site for displaced people, several young men and women are busy getting on with learning new and useful skills. Some are successfully mastering sewing machines. A group of giggling women are practicing hairdressing and the use of hair…

“It is true that a child is an immature human being with full rights. We would not be what we are today if our rights are violated in one way or the other during our childhood.” That insight came from Major Abak Mwaka, a soldier serving in the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition during a…

An inability to read, write and speak in English is proving to be a huge challenge for law enforcement officers working hard to curb crime in the town of Chimel in the Northern Bahr El Ghazal region. Illiteracy is a significant problem across South Sudan. Many people have been unable to access…

Angelina Chol has been suffering from a skin infection for more than a year. Having left the United Nations Protection of Civilians in Bentiu in 2017 to return to her home in Kuerboni, she had no access to medical care and no means to travel back to Bentiu. However, the 32-year-old was one of more…

Sunday Oyella sits patiently working away at her sewing machine. It’s an old-fashioned Singer and requires a fair bit of foot pedalling to keep it running. But for the 17-year-old, this machine is a lifeline – a chance to build a much brighter future for her and her child. Sunday Oyella dropped out…

“We are empowered. We don’t have to be silent. We must move to educate people about the possible causes of conflict and suggest solutions for peace in our communities.” That was the message from women’s representative, Fatuma Nakang, at a peace forum in the Eastern Equatorian village of Ikotos…

“I have been to some of the places with the worst humanitarian conditions in the world, but even there the numbers were better than the ones we are seeing here today, particularly when it comes to youth unemployment and child marriage rates and rates of gender-based violence.” Jayathma…

Opposition and Government forces move to training site in Western Equatoria Ululation, dancing and singing marked the start of a long journey for opposition troops as they headed to a training site in Western Equatoria to unite with former foes in the government forces. The soldiers proudly paraded…

A project to construct a new courthouse in Twic will help improve access to justice for more than 100,000 people living in the area. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has broken ground on the project to build a six-room courthouse over the next three months at a cost of just under USD$50,000…

Construction has begun on the first secondary school in the Kuron peace village in Kapoeta as part of a special project funded by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to support the peace process. “It is our hope that the construction of the two classrooms, one office block and one water and…

Wildlife officers in Wau have developed a better understanding of how to protect and respect human rights after a three-day training workshop conducted by police officers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. About 50 officers participated in the sessions, including 19 female…

More than 100 young people who have been displaced by intercommunal conflict in Gogrial will receive training to develop new skills so they can support themselves as part of an initiative funded by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. The three-month vocational and skills development training…