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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…
UN human rights experts statement marking International Day of the Girl Child; Agents for change: Girls take up the fight for a better world
International Day of the Girl Child 11 October 2019Agents for change: Girls take up the fight for a better world GENEVA (10 October 2019) – On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child, UN human rights experts*…
Police in Gogrial receive training to fortify crime-fighting skills
SSNPS officers in Kuacjok enact a crime scene investigation exercise during training this week. Law enforcement officers in Kuacjok are sharpening their policing skills as they seek to better investigate and curb crime and…
UNIFIL Sector East supports public school with CCTV camera system
UNIFIL’s Sector East command recently completed a project installing a CCTV camera system in a public school in s, south-eastern Lebanon, to be used for educational purposes. At the request of the local authorities, UNIFIL…
UN political and peacebuilding chief visits UNIFIL
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, today paid a visit to the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon, and toured the Mission’s area of operations in…
Bedeviled by criminality and lack of basic services, Greater Yei residents call for peace at conference
Delegates listen attentively during the Yei Peace Conference. Residents of Greater Yei, comprising Mugwo, Otogo, Tore and Yei counties, have made a plea to bolster efforts to end the ongoing fighting and ensure justice for…
International Day of the Girl: Peacekeepers in Malakal speak out for girls and education
"I’m here to encourage you to dream, and to work from today on your dreams," Rwanda's Captain Arianne, an UNMISS peacekeeper, tells girls in Malakal. It’s a wet morning in Malakal – one of South Sudan’s largest towns. A group…
UNPOL in action: Police in Gogrial receive training to fortify crime-fighting skills
SSNPS officers in Kuacjok enact a crime scene investigation exercise during training this week. Law enforcement officers in Kuacjok are sharpening their policing skills as they seek to better investigate and curb crime and…