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An opposition general apologizes to Aweil communities; promises to embrace peace
He has fought many wars, for the government and against the government. His 37-year military career has seen him escape death many a time, and he is now preaching peace and asking for forgiveness. Speaking to crowds at a…
Indian peacekeepers serving with UNMISS celebrate in spectacular style on their Republic Day
As the agile peacekeepers sang, danced and performed incredible acrobatic maneuvers on stage, crowds of their Indian and international United Nations colleagues rushed to join them in a spectacular celebration of India’s…
Kuei join Rup and Pakam in truce to end years of intra-ethnic violence
A celebration horn was sounded as the Kuei community joined neighbouring Rup and Pakam communities in signing a truce to end over five years of intra-ethnic communal attacks in Greater Lakes. This came as a result of a two…
Young athletes come together in peace on National Unity Day in South Sudan
Twenty-year old Chika Sydney Edward Joshua has only been playing football for six years. But he is already so skilled that he’s reached the national level, playing for the South Sudan Under-23 team. “I decided to play…
UNAMID Joint Special Representative visits Golo town in Jebel Marra, Central Darfur
Photo by Hamid Abdulsalam, UNAMID. UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR), Jeremiah Mamabolo, on 23 January led a Mission delegation to Golo town, central Darfur where they met with Central Jebel Marra Locality…
UN chief of peace operations honours fallen Chadian ‘blue helmets’ serving in northern Mali
After 10 Chadian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were killed in a terrorist attack on 20 January, the UN chief of peace operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, went to N’Djamena, the capital of…
SRSG ZAHIR TANIN MEETS COMMANDER OF KFOR, MG LORENZO D’ ADDARIO
On 28 January 2019, Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, met with Major General Lorenzo D’ Addario, the Commander of KFOR, at Camp Film City. SRSG Tanin and Major General D’ Addario…
‘Let my people come’ – Shilluk king makes passionate plea for return of his people from the Malakal protection site
It’s been four long years since His Majesty Kongo Dak Padiet occupied his throne in his kingdom, situated in Fashoda, north of South Sudan. The last contact he had with the UN mission was during his evacuation to Juba, in the…
Ebola vaccination campaign targets health workers in South Sudan's Yambio
Health workers in South Sudan’s Gbudue area are being vaccinated against Ebola, as neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) battles one of the biggest outbreaks of the virus that causes hemorrhagic fever, with an…
‘We want our land back,’ say post-conflict returnees
Returnees in the Jonglei area have advocated the setting up of land dispute commissions to assist in arbitration and mediation that would ensure that land is returned to its rightful owners. The former refugees and internally…