MACH SAMUEL The Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology in Bor has something new to take pride in: A newly-established Peace Centre, thanks to the United Nations Mission in...
GIDEON SACKITEY For the final 27 internally displaced persons who boarded a UN helicopter from Bor on Thursday, the feeling was nothing but nostalgic and ecstatic. For five years, like many who fled...
UNMISS “Protection of Civilians” (PoC) Sites As of 8 November 2018, a total of number of civilians seeking safety in six Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites located on UNMISS bases is 195,113...
FRANCESCA MOLD James Korok is just nineteen-years-old but has already experienced a lifetime of pain, fighting as a child soldier in the war in South Sudan. Despite that, he is one of the lucky ones...
by Francesca Mold It is a quiet day in the surgical ward at the Yei hospital. There are just three patients. One child is recovering from severe burns after suffering an epileptic seizure and falling...
by Gideon Sackitey “Someone may give you money; but it is the person who gives you skills that makes you.” Deng Maker Deng, a 23-year-old student in Bor, goes all philosophical as he ponders his good...
FILIP ANDERSSON “Peace has come. And it is here today to stay.” These words, uttered by President Salva Kiir Mayardit, were greeted with jubilation by a sea of thousands of rejoicing, sun-defying,...
Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMISSMr David Shearer31 October 2018Juba, South Sudan Presidents and Heads of Member States Representatives of parties to the Revitalized...
Okello James Communities in Torit have reiterated their commitment to unite and foster peaceful existence among the different ethnic groups in the area. “My advice as a leader of the Pari community...
PETER RING KUOL When women in Yirol in the Eastern Lakes area get together to discuss their concerns and priorities, they have to settle for sitting down in the shade of an admittedly exuberant mango...