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Religious leaders and youth in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal are requesting that their Governor invest to set up micro businesses to nurture development in their state. They also believe that the state’s government policies should be aligned and unified with the implementation of the country’s revitalized…

Bangladeshi veterinarians serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), have stepped up to help livestock owners across Western Bahr-el-Ghazal by means of a mobile veterinary clinic. Unprecedented mooing, bleating and friendly shoving in the queue soon ensued as ailing beasts…

Recent outbreaks of violence resulting in deaths and displacements in Western Equatoria, South Sudan, has led to an urgent need for engaging communities in reconciliation processes to reestablish calm and reduce tensions. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), therefore, organized a two…

UN peacekeepers in Torit in Eastern Equatoria State have handed over three new classrooms to the community of Enyif. They are bound to make a huge difference. “Our children, especially the young ones, can’t go to Torit during the rainy season, when the river Kinete sometimes overflows. As a result…

The directors of agricultural departments of the five counties of Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal have urged their government to fight and control diseases and pests affecting crops in the state. The most notable enemies are reportedly white grubs, termites and millipedes. “They are the major destructive…

Kids in Kodok in Upper Nile’s Fashoda County have reason to rejoice: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has just handed given them a fully renovated version of their previously war-torn school. Next step: teachers. “Now that the school is fit for use, we will ask the state government in…

Anyone thinking about committing a crime or two anywhere near the Kalibalek area of Bentiu would be wise to think again. “The presence of this robust police station should speak loud and clear to the minds of people with the intention of breaking the law in and around Bentiu,” said Alptekin Aslantas…

For some of the 40 participating chiefs and women, the discussions at the forum in Eastern Equatoria State proved to be real eyeopeners. “The Madi and Acholi have lived together and intermarried and still share some of the cultural practices that can be harmful for women. We will gradually change…

“A functional police station in Anyidi means that even we, as women, will have our needs and concerns addressed. I am happy, very happy about this,” said Rieng Garang and Deborah Nyieng, standing in the shade while watching the facility being handed over to their community. They are hoping that a…

“What is it that men do that we supposedly cannot do? What we cannot do is to continue to suffer by the hands of men ten years after South Sudan gained independence. Independence was for everyone to enjoy, including women,” said Diew Dang Yuot, a Women’s League leader in Koch County, Unity State…

While serving time in jail is unlikely to feature on anyone’s bucket list, inmates at the central prison in Wau have recently been given a reason to celebrate: the addition of a ward capable of hosting 80 female law offenders is expected to significantly decongest the corrections facilities, thus…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is worried about the safety and wellbeing of children and other vulnerable people amidst conflict in the greater Tambura area in Western Equatoria State. Fighting has displaced an estimated 40,000 people, with some 17,000 of them seeking refuge in…