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Enrolment up in one Magwi school as the displaced return home
Pajok Primary School in the Magwi area registered less than 200 new students in 2018, but that number has doubled. The new enrolment figure for 2019 now stands at 374, thanks in part to returning refugees and internally…

Jies in Kassengor call for humanitarian assistance and support peace talks with neighbours
A lack of water and grazing pastures is causing frequent intercommunal tensions in parts of Eastern Equatoria. Fighting, in turn, makes the food insecurity even worse. Seasonal migrations and a frequent scarcity of grazing…

UNIFIL and Lebanese Civil Defence boost skills on action in crisis
Three Lebanese Civil Defence officers along with two Spanish UNIFIL peacekeepers took immediate action to rescue a man stuck inside a car after an accident. The body of the vehicle was badly damaged and the team realized that…

UNMISS Force Commander leads patrol to deter armed attacks on road to Nimule
UNMISS Force Commander Shailesh Tinaikar drove his own vehicle on a full-day patrol to verify the security situation along the Juba-Nimule road. In the pre-dawn darkness, civilian and military peacekeepers gather for a…

Inter-religious committee established to help resolve intercommunal conflicts in Greater Jonglei
Bishop John Jok, chairperson of a new inter-religious committee, addresses fellow clergies. In a bid to make the most of their arguably significant influence on the attitudes and behaviour of the South Sudanese people…

University students from around the world see UNIFIL’s work first-hand
UNIFIL today hosted a group of about 50 university students from around the world in its headquarters in Naqoura and at a UN position along the Blue Line in a visit organized by Lebanon's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…

Tributes paid to fallen Indian peacekeeper
Earlier this month, UNIFIL lost one of its peacekeepers, from India. On 16 July, the Mission’s leadership, representatives of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and fellow peacekeepers paid their last respect to Sergeant Ramesh…

UN State Liaison Functions conduct workshop on justice delivery for victims of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in West Darfur
Photo by Jalaleldin Abdelrhman, UNAMID. UN State Liaison Functions (SLFs) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in West Darfur in collaboration with the Judiciary headquarters in West Darfur State conducted a three…

UNMISS prepares for expected homecomings by learning from Khartoum returnees
When Rebecca Dokoro Bilal returned from Khartoum to her native South Sudan she became a farmer. How can a poor, war-torn, post-conflict country prepare itself to reintegrate thousands of refugees and internally displaced…

