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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