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JONGLEI – Imagine a tiny, remote town in a poverty-stricken region where basic services are few and far between. Add to it some 20,000 recent returnees, having arrived as refugees from Sudan (mostly) and Ethiopia, and you are likely to get a rough picture of the humanitarian and security situation in Walgak, some 160 kilometres west of Akobo. So did a visiting delegation made

JONGLEI – South Sudanese healthcare facilities are still suffering from the effects of years of conflict in the country, and the ones in Greater Jonglei are no exceptions. With many of them lacking essential supplies ahead of the traditionally busy end-of-year holidays, peacekeepers from Ethiopia and South Korea serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)

Peacekeepers from Ethiopia and South Korea hand over supplies and medicines to hospitals in Bor

JONGLEI/GPAA – Recurrent intercommunal conflicts have marred relationships between communities in South Sudan’s Jonglei state and the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA). These conflicts, that have led to loss of lives, destruction of property, and displacement, are frequently triggered by cattle raids, revenge attacks and child abductions. To counter this, the two

In Bor, women strategize to actively participate in upcoming elections and governance

JONGLEI - Women in Bor, Jonglei State have concluded a three-day leadership dialogue on the need to increase women’s participation in the permanent constitution making process and how to ensure a gender responsive electoral process. The discussion also centered around women’s role in conflict management and the ongoing peace process in line with the United Nations Security

As South Sudan prepares for elections, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) calls to end grave violations against children

JONGLEI – During conflict, women and children are some of the worst affected.When it comes to children, during South Sudan’s past civil wars, many were separated from their parents or recruited into armed forces and groups.To ensure child rights are upheld, in February 2020, this young nation signed the Comprehensive Action Plan to prevent and end the six grave violations

JONGLEI/GPAA – Across South Sudan’s Jonglei state and neighbouring Greater Pibor Administrative Area, intercommunal violence fueled by cattle raids, especially among armed youth, has been a recurrent leitmotif in this young nation’s conflict landscape.Over the years, as part of its mandate to protect civilians, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), together with

United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) trains civil society activists and journalists on human rights ahead of elections next year