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As South Sudan gears up to celebrate a decade of Independence and begins drafting a permanent constitution, the United Nations Peacekeeping mission here UNMISS, is continuing efforts to help build a durable peace in the world’s youngest nation. As part of this ongoing push for peace, the mission’s…

Rita Charles Unango a returnee from Bagari Jedid, is among innumerable young people who missed out on education and training due to conflict in South Sudan. She dropped out of school when she was just 15. However, thanks to a two-month vocational training course implemented by the UNMISS Relief…

To govern well is easier said than done. If you are an inexperienced politician in the world’s youngest nation, to be perfectly familiar with your role and know how to cooperate and build trust among citizens are even more challenging, yet indispensable, tasks. Fortunately for newly appointed…

United Nations Police (UNPOL) officers serving with UNMISS recently trained their counterparts from the South Sudan Police Service in Juba on interviewing minors who have survived sexual or gender-based violence while being sensitive to their psycho-social needs. “Allowing a guardian to be present…

“When we arrived in Loriyok (between Torit and Kapoeta) everyone hid their guns and stayed calm. That would not have happened if the UN peacekeepers hadn’t been with us” said Oyet James Nathancio, the General Secretary of the South Sudan Council of Churches. He is here, in Eastern Equatoria State…

“For South Sudan to build a durable peace, we must equip small business owners with the knowledge and skills they need,” says Andrew Elibe, Relief, Reintegration and Protection Officer, UNMISS. Andrew and his colleagues from the United Nations Peacekeeping mission in the world’s youngest nation…

This month, as South Sudan celebrates 10 years of independence from its northern neighbor, Sudan, 43-year-old Pious Lokale of Lafon county in Eastern Equatoria tells us about the hope that independence brought, the devastation wrought by subsequent civil wars and takes stock of where his country…

South Korean peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have handed over some 21,500 facemasks to the Education Cluster in Bor, Jonglei State. The Cluster is comprised of 21 secondary schools that were selected to be beneficiaries by the State Ministry of Education…

Major Aziza Sau Wadil has been serving and protecting the people of her country ever since she joined the South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) 32 years ago. “I joined the police in 1989 and have dedicated myself to upholding the rule of law ever since,” she reveals. “However, despite my long…

“We need to see women represented fully as civil servants and in key political positions,” said Jennifer Nabongorika , State Minister for Gender, in Eastern Equatoria. Minister Nabongorika was speaking at a forum organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) at the Torit Women’s…

As South Sudan celebrates 10 years of independence from its northern neighbor, Sudan, this week, political violence in the country has greatly reduced with a peace deal and a transitional government of national unity in place. It is with the intention of fortifying this ongoing push for durable…

Senior commanders of the South Sudan Peoples Defence Forces (SSPDF) have been sensitized on international human rights laws to guide them in preventing crimes associated with sexual violence by uniformed personnel in Eastern Equatoria. The training session, held in Torit, benefited some 50 SSPDF…