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Community members across Juba, South Sudan's capital city, gave cogent responses to a week-long mobile awareness campaign run by UNMISS on upholding the rights of women and girls. Photo by James Sokiri/UNMISS. JUBA – In the…

Abyei, 8 March 2022 – The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is deeply concerned about the renewed violence in the southern part of the Abyei Area. This has led to the loss of life and is causing untold…

When Christine Wani was a young girl, all she wanted was an education. However, financial hardships did not allow her to fulfil her dream. Today, this remarkable woman runs a business supplying construction materials across…

There was plenty of joy to be had when women, and some men, got together to discuss the ever-important rights of women in all spheres of life. Photos: Roseline Nzelle Nkwelle/UNMISS UNITY STATE – “Gone are the days when women…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated against MINUSMA on 7 March 2022 near Mopti, following which two peacekeepers from Egypt were killed and four wounded. The members of…

On International Women’s Day, we celebrate women and girls everywhere. We celebrate their contributions to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Their ideas, innovations and activism that are changing our world for the better. And…

A convoy from the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) hit an improvised explosive device north of Mopti on Monday, killing at least two ‘blue helmets’, from Egypt, and wounding four others. In a statement, MINUSMA said…

For entrepreneur Atong Malek, durable peace begins at home and its architects are primarily women. Based in Aweil, Northern Bahr El Ghazal, she believes that women must be given the platform to contribute to shaping…

Achol Jock Lul, a singer from Malakal in Upper Nile state, South Sudan, believes that music has the power to unify communities, stop hate and usher in a peaceful, prosperous future in this young nation. Photo by Ines Surwumwe…

It is precisely to help them acquire a minimum knowledge of journalism that MONUSCO has organised this training. Photo MONUSCO Twenty-three journalists (including seven women) from the four community radio stations in the…

On a field visit to Bentiu, UNMISS Police Commissioner Christine Fossen was treated to a guard of honour by Ghanaian colleagues. Photo: Jacob Ruai/UNMISS UNITY – During her two-day field visit to Bentiu, Christine Fossen…

Christine Joseph Ngbazande is a mother and an award-winning activist who firmly believes that equal rights for women and girls across South Sudan is a necessary prerequisite to bring about a durable, inclusive peace in this…