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A new and bigger assembly hall for members of Jonglei State’s parliament has been completed and handed over to the state government on Thursday, the UN mission said.

Increased political space in Jonglei as United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) hands over New State Legislative Assembly Hall

Isaac Kuach Duoth, who formerly served as commissioner of Nyirol County in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, died after a long battle with an illness on Wednesday, officials and his family said.

An estimated 82 percent of the record 149 million Africans facing acute food insecurity are in conflict-affected countries.

"As a health worker in South Sudan, Night Stella Elias sees from year to year how rising temperatures are adding to the dangers faced by pregnant women and their babies."

Wearing a long, gold knitted dress, Achol Malual Jau, strode confidently along the runway at this year’s London Fashion Week. The South Sudanese model, 23, who had for months practised walking in heels back at her refugee camp, described her experience at the catwalk show in February as “amazing”. J

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

By Alimbek Tashtankulov, Sudan

JONGLEI – Young people have the power to transform societies.In South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, youth constitute over 70 per cent of the population. As the country approaches its first-ever national elections it is imperative that their voices be fully heard and included in peace processes.

In Akobo, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) builds Peacebuilding capacities among Young People