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At a recent consultative meeting held by UNMISS Gender and Human Rights sections in Kapoeta, Eastern Equatoria, to identify projects of benefit for local communities under the mission’s Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) programme, providing survivors of sexual- and gender-based violence ((SGBV) emerged…

An action plan, no matter how comprehensive its scope, is only as good as its implementation. For this reason, South Sudan has just formed two committees tasked with turning the words of a national action plan to keep children away from armed forces into reality. “Allow me to reassure you of the…

Despite the threat of COVID-19, life in Kapoeta in Eastern Equatoria continues pretty much as normal. Traders from the region and next-door Uganda and Kenya mix with soldiers and locals with few face masks or cares in the world to be spotted. With that, and a forum on the rule of law, in mind, the…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has donated several thousands of face masks to internally displaced people staying at the protection of civilian site in Malakal and to citizens in both Kodok and Malakal town. “Today we have received a number of face masks from the peacekeeping mission…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has handed over a vehicle to the COVID-19 task force committee in Kodok in Upper Nile State. It will be used as an ambulance and will facilitate the movement of local health workers. “This car will help us and our citizens in in a big way. Without a vehicle…

If you find yourself with less than squeaky clean hands in Eastern Equatoria, there may be no better time than now to receive antibacterial soap and possibly also a bucket ideal for hand washing. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has recently handed over some 1,500 soaps and 70 buckets to…

Youth leaders from Yambio and beyond have pledged to be ambassadors of peace in their communities. They made their voices heard at a peace forum gathering more than thirty representatives of civil society groups organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. “We as youth should be…

In a bid to motivate displaced women towards becoming entrepreneurs, UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana teamed up with civilian staff from the mission’s Relief, Reintegration and Protection (RRP) section to hand over essential trading items— sugar, coffee, tea bags, milk, beans, onions, mugs, spoons…

“For a long time, all of us living in Maper have been denied access to justice,” said 30-year-old Aguer Mabior. “In the civil war of 2016, many of us lost our homes and valuables; but claiming restitution or assistance seemed a distant dream, since travelling all the way to the nearest court in…

United Nations Police (UNPOL) officers deployed in Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan, recently championed human rights reform, including rights protection for survivors of sexual- and gender-based violence (SGBV), and detainees in overcrowded prison cells. They also called for stricter enforcement of…

“Kuron is synonymous with peace. It symbolizes peaceful coexistence and development for diverse communities who live in this remote part of South Sudan,” said Paride Taban, Bishop Emeritus, Catholic Diocese of Torit in Eastern Equatoria, at a ceremony marking the handover of a secondary school block…