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President Salva Kiir Mayardit, First Vice President of the Republic and all the Vice-Presidents Rt. Honorable Speaker and Deputy Speakers, State Governors and Administrators of Administrative Areas Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Members of Parliament and the Council of States, Excellencies and…

Juba, 2 December 2022: UNMISS, AUMISS, IGAD, R-JMEC, some members of the African Diplomatic Corps and some members of the international community (TROIKA, EU, Switzerland, India) in South Sudan convened a meeting to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Upper Nile State and the northern…

UPPER NILE – As intercommunal conflict spreads in troubled Upper Nile, a state in the world’s youngest nation, there are still silver linings amid these dark times. One such ray of sunshine is a collective of women who call themselves ‘Mama Upper Nile.’ When you hear their moniker, the first thing…

Human rights violations are common in Eastern Equatoria State and in the rest of the country. Sometimes, they are committed by members of armed forces. The Human Rights Division of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is working hard to put an end to these unlawful practices. “It’s…

EASTERN EQUATORIA – Living with a disability in South Sudan or anywhere in the world isn’t easy, but Laduma Patricia Egan makes it appear so. This single mother has taken the hand given to her by fate, if you will, and made it count. “I have physically been on crutches for as long as I remember but…

WESTERN EQUATORIA - Being born with a disability does make life harder, but it doesn’t stop anybody from being a caregiver, a provider, and an inspiration. That’s an important lesson that one can take away from Stephen Gabriel Ndumuku, a talented carpenter from South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state…

32-year-old Khana Akur Majak from Lakes States wears many hats. She is a businesswoman, activist, wife, sister and daughter, but “disabled” is not a part of her identity. She refuses it to stop her from having a good, successful life. While all her cousins and friends were playing outside, little…

WARRAP – Meet Arslan Nasserullah, engineer, project manager and a United Nations Volunteer from Pakistan who is serving with the UN, and for peace, for the first time. In this interview, he tells us about himself and his remarkably varied assignments in Kuajok, for the United Nations Mission in…

WARRAP – Diane Umuhoza is an experienced laboratory technician with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), based in Kuajok. Here, Diane tells us why being a UN Volunteer is a meaningful career choice and how she works every day to contribute towards the health of peacekeepers. Tell us a…

NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – Sarwah Qader from Iraq is currently serving for peace in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). A Gender Affairs Officer, Sarwah convenes and connects with community members every day to ensure that the voices of women are fully included in peacebuilding. In…

WARRAP – A Protection, Transition and Reintegration Officer with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, 42-year-old Samuel Emmanuel Osekeny’s work in the world’s youngest nation is the very definition of acting together to build peace now. In this short tete-a-tete, Samuel, who grew up in an…

LAKES – Ruby Awude, a 43-year-old from Ghana, has had a distinguished career as a Blue Helmet across Darfur, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Democratic Republic of Congo, before she gave up her military credentials to become a UN Volunteer with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). In this…