A UN Police officer makes a point during training on how to curb SGBV in Kapoeta “Rape and child marriage are crimes… no matter the cultural justifications.” This important message was shared by Kapoeta police officer Matheus…
Ragini Kumari conducts a foot patrol of a protection of civilians site while accompanied by a community elder. Ragini Kumari has many appellations. She is a devoted wife and mother of two, an avid practitioner of yoga and an…
“I mostly paint women from my community, Roma women, and their faces are sad. I try to depict this sadness that has many reasons,” painter Farija Mehmeti says. The talented artist spoke to an audience of dozens of people…
Female UN Police officers meeting with the UN Police Advisor in Juba, 12 December 2019 Thousands of women and children sought sanctuary in United Nations protection sites when civil war broke out in South Sudan. Six years…
Following the recent renewal of the MINUSCA mandate, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Mission Head, Mankeur Ndiaye chaired a townhall meeting on its implementation on 12 December at MINUSCA Logbase in…
Students dance excitedly during the Family Open Day event in Yambio. They clapped, they danced, and they sang. Hundreds celebrated Human Rights Day with the theme “United for Peace”, at a day-long festival where students and…
A combined group of Kabirize women at the closing of Jie-Murle conference in Jebel Buma In July 2019, the Jie and Murle communities engaged in a bloody fight in Marua and other villages of South Sudan’s Boma area. The fight…
United in South Sudan: UK and French ambassadors to South Sudan pose for a photo at the historical site of the Fashioda Incident Late in the 19th century, two imperial powers’ ambitions intersected, literally, in the town of…
Hajat Karama holds tightly onto her new solar radio Hajat Karama has been relying on people around her to get news and information about what is going on in her country. “I am an old woman who is unable to even move around…
Hajat Karama holds tightly onto her new solar radio Hajat Karama has been relying on people around her to get news and information about what is going on in her country. “I am an old woman who is unable to even move around…
Photo by Koné Mouroulaye, UNAMID Juba, South Sudan 10 December 2019; Under the auspices of the Government of South Sudan, the third round of peace negotiations between the Transitional Government of Sudan and the armed…
In chains: A suspect accused of theft appears in a Mobile High Court in Yambio Richard Nimeri has waited patiently for his case to be heard in court. “I came to the court here because my case has delayed for three years now…