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South Sudanese women urge UN-AU-IGAD delegation to promote their right to representation in armed forces and new government
Women in Juba meet a high-powered delegation from the UN, AU and IGAD, urging them to support their right to representation. Women and girls have borne the brunt of the six-year long conflict in South Sudan. Thousands have…
Resolutions of peace made at Kapoeta trust building meeting attended by UNMISS chief
Women at a rapprochement event in Kapoeta, Eastern Equatoria. “The leadership of South Sudan needs to remember that the people of South Sudan want peace. This is evidenced by this meeting and many like it across the country…
Women grassroots in Juba discuss gender-related provisions of the revitalized peace agreement
Catherine Lotto from the Young Christian Women's Association at a workshop about gender provisions in the revitalized peace agreement. “I am a woman, a peacemaker and a peacekeeper. That is how I am made.” Many a peer of…
UN Kosovo Youth Assembly: See young people as a resource – not just as poster hangers
Young people are more than just a resource base to help put up posters during election time – and should be taken seriously by Kosovo’s politicians. This message came from seasoned Kosovo member of parliament Ilir Deda, who…
Nepalese peacekeepers organize first-aid training with LAF
A team of medical professionals of UNIFIL’s Nepalese Battalion (NEPBATT) carried out a four-day long training on first aid with members of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and fellow peacekeepers at their main base in Meiss ej…
Deputy Force Commander visits MTF ships in Limassoul
UNIFIL Deputy Force Commander Major General Shivaram Kharel this week visited the peacekeeping mission’s Maritime Task Force (MTF) ships in Limassoul, Cyprus. During his visit to the MTF Greek ship “HS NIKIFOROS FOKAS” on 31…
Tonj and Gok form Joint Border Court to arbitrate cross-state conflicts
The two neighbouring communities of Tonj and Gok have agreed to establish a joint border court to arbitrate cases of inter-communal violence. The court, to be comprised of seven traditional chiefs, will have jurisdiction on…
Safe ground, safe home as UN Mine Action Service clears the way for peace-driven returnees
“South Sudan is doable. We are into the endgame now, and we need support to see this one through. It isn’t a thousand-year problem. It isn’t a hundred-year problem. It is a three to five-year problem, and then this goes away…
Mine action in progress: A peek behind the scenes as land in a Juba suburb is cleared
A mine action field site is a sight to behold – on those rare moments when you can actually discern anything through the dirt-brown clouds of dust kicked up by the MineWolf 240 rumbling through the sun-hardened ground of a…
UNMISS engineers rebuild bridge along the Upper Nile West Bank
During the rainy season in Kodok, a town located along the volatile West Bank in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan, it’s not unusual to see fish and crocodiles floating around far away from their home in the Nile. As in…