Jump to navigation
All UN missions
A participant drives her point home during the forum.
“Enough is enough.”
That is the powerful message from 30-year-old Nabol Joey who is passionate about ending child marriage so that her daughters don’t go through the experience handed down through generations of women across South Sudan.
Women sing during a sporting event to promote human rights awareness in Kapoeta
“Sweet dreams come after education. Women, it is possible to achieve anything you want if you are educated!” urged Kousa Rakudo, a 17-year-old female student at Saint Bakita Girls Secondary School of Narus in Kapoeta.
The remote community of Rimenze has been through a lot.
In the murky pre-dawn light, hundreds of teenagers emerge from their shelters within the United Nations protection site, nervously clutching their pads and pens as they prepare to sit their end of year examinations.
More than 40 traders and local authorities have received leadership training to help them manage and build their businesses in support of the local economy in Tonj.
Nepalese police officers have been recognized for their dedication and service to the people of South Sudan with the awarding of the United Nations Medal during a special ceremony in Juba.
Indian peacekeepers have been recognized for their strong contribution to building peace in conflict-affected South Sudan as well as for going above and beyond their duties to support local communities.
Toposa and Buya community members dance after resolving to end regular skirmishes and live peacefully
After years of sporadic skirmishes between the Toposa of Riwoto and Buya of Kimotong counties, the two have finally resolved to live peacefully.
The Head of UNMISS, David Shearer, visits a displaced family in the UN protection of civilians site in Bor
Nyarien Ochiek Yot and her five children fled their village in the far north of South Sudan to the United Nations protection site in Bor when her husband was killed during fierce fighting at the start of the civil war.
Members of the feuding communities follow proceedings at the reconciliation meeting
Life before 1984 was nothing short of peaceful for communities of Torit East, Torit and Geria counties, located in Eastern Equatoria. Life was easy, inter-marriages were more commonplace, hunting and fishing grounds...