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UNAMID conducts awareness campaign against sexual violence in conflict in Golo, Central Darfur
Photo by Jane Some, UNAMID. Hundreds of people, comprising community leaders, women and youth groups attended an awareness raising campaign event and capacity-building workshop on the Elimination of Sexual Violence in…
New prison facility handed over in Eastern Equatoria
Funding from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has made the construction of a brand-new prison possible in Chukudum town, near Kapoeta, in Eastern Equatoria. The prison, with capacity to hold two hundred inmates among…
Coming home to Nimule is a bittersweet experience for one refugee
After three difficult years living in a refugee camp in Uganda, Rachele Mindraa has made the decision to return to her native village of Anzara in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan. Sitting under a tamarind tree in…
Indian peacekeepers give Malakal vet hospital a facelift
The Malakal veterinary hospital has received a boost with a fresh makeover, thanks to the efforts of Indian peacekeepers stationed in the Upper Nile area, with support from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) regional…
Women celebrate new peace agreement to end intercommunal violence in Gok
Seeking shelter from the sweltering sun under the branches of a huge tree, local chiefs pull away from the crowds of people to form a small inner circle, holding hands to signal their commitment to ending six years of…
UN Peacekeepers Clean up Torit State Hospital
Rwandan peacekeepers serving with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Torit have joined the administration and staff of Torit state hospital to clean the hospital and its surrounding areas to destroy Mosquitos breeding…
Fair trial workshop held in Rumajak
The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) held a Fair Trial Workshop at the operational base of UNISFA in Rumajak, Abyei area on 1-2 August 2019. Conducted by UNISFA's Community Liaison Office (CLO) and…
Peacekeeping patrol helps deter violence on troubled road to Yei
It’s only a 155-kilometer drive from the capital of South Sudan to Yei. But the journey can be a treacherous one. The main supply route between Juba and the Central Equatorias has been significantly upgraded by peacekeeping…
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 244
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 244
At an UNMISS-facilitated conference, communities of Ajak and Kongdier resolve to end conflict
A two-day consultative conference has resolved a long-standing inter-communal disagreement over the ownership of Wathmuok, a strategic piece of land that straddles the areas of Ajak and Kongdier in Aweil. The dispute…