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During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, cultural gender roles and inequalities have become further cemented. To address both issues, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan gathered a group of women in Yambio to raise awareness on preventing the virus as well as increased levels of gender-based…

Forty young men and women in Aweil have been given a chance to benefit from a three-month-long vocational training offered by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Entrepreneurship and small-scale business management is on the agenda, as is carpentry and baking. “I have never known how to bake…

20 United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) workers were rescued by Rwandan peacekeepers and United Nations Mission Observers from UNMISS, after being ambushed in Longiro, an area some 58 kilometres north of Torit, Eastern Equatoria. They were part of a team from G4S Global contracted by UNMAS.…

Following an outbreak of disease among livestock in Renk, Upper Nile state, UNMISS peacekeepers from India deployed to Malakal recently organized a two-day veterinary camp in the county. “We were approached by local authorities who requested us to help livestock owners in the area,” said Colonel…

A group of 60 women in Lakes State have embarked on a creative endeavour aimed at giving them a life-changing and income-generating skill: they are learning how to tie-dye fabrics. Demand for these colourful products is as high as the enthusiasm and optimism of the practicing women. “I am very happy…

“We have suffered from numerous conflicts and it is important for us to know how to resolve these amicably, especially disagreements with nomadic herders,” says Anyisa Pagan Amum. Mr. Amum was speaking at an UNMISS-facilitated peace forum held in Kodok, Upper Nile state, where more than 30…

Representatives from districts of the counties of Tonj East and Tonj North had plenty of sticking points to discuss when they gathered in Romich to address frequent deadly intercommunal clashes in this part of Warrap State. Apart from the all too common problems of cattle raiding and “revenge and…

Justice delayed is justice denied, the saying goes. Legal administrators in Jonglei State have recently been given much-improved conditions for speedier processing of pending cases, as the UN Mission in South Sudan has handed over a new office building to them. “The legal system in this state has…

Trade in Yambio is expected to receive a boost soon, thanks to the rehabilitation work currently ongoing on a nine-kilometer feeder road within the Western Equatorian town. The repairs are being undertaken by Bangladeshi engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. “Compared to…

Juba, 25 April 2021: The United Nations is strongly committed to working with the people and leaders of South Sudan to secure stability and eventual prosperity for the world’s newest nation, said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Nicholas Haysom, on his arrival in the country.…

“We need each other, just like a river and the fish depend on each other,” says Brigadier Kon Mel Ayok, Deputy Police Commissioner in Wau, about the relationship between the law enforcement agency and the public it serves. And to thrive, cooperation between citizens and the police depends on mutual…

With the UN Protection Site in Bentiu having transitioned into a more conventional camp for internally displaced people (IDPs), United Nations Police (UNPOL) officers are working closely together with local policing counterparts to ensure the safety and security of displaced persons residing here.…