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Six years after UNMISS constructed the local fish market, through its Quick Impact Projects programme, trade is thriving but local business persons are requesting the UN Peacekeeping mission to further rehabilitate the structure. Photo by David Awuou/UNMISS.
JONGLEI – The fish trade in Bor, South Sudan, is thriving. Much of it, according to local traders and authorities has to do with the construction of the of the Bor fish market in 2016 by the United Nations Mission in South…

No more inspections of progress made on the rehabilitation of the road from Maridi to Yambio, because it has now been completed by UNMISS engineers from Bangladesh.
WESTERN EQUATORIA - Jack Kerouac was onto something when he wrote, and titled, his cult novel On the Road: there is something intrinsically romantic about roads. Roads are movement, and movement comes with the potential of…

Cambodian peacekeepers give finishing touches to a blue barrel along the Blue Line south of the Lebanese village of Yaroun on 02 November 2021. (UN Photo / Pasqual Gorriz)
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Long arrays of blue barrels dotted along the Blue Line – against the backdrop of beautiful natural landscape – seem picturesque. More than that, these UNIFIL-installed concrete structures serve a more virtuous purpose…

What are the transitional justice mechanisms enshrined in the revitalized peace agreement and how can they be established? Participants at this UNMISS-led workshop in Aweil had a lot to ponder. Photo: Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS
NORTHERN BAHR-EL-GHAZAL - Can the Chapter Five of the 2018 revitalized peace agreement be implemented? Can the Hybrid Court for South Sudan be established? And, what exactly is transitional justice, the topic addressed in the…

Following escalating cross-border and intercommunal clashes between Twic, South Sudan and the Abyei Special Administrative Region, UNMISS has increased its protective presence through patrols and community engagement. The main aim: To reduce tensions and begin peace dialogues among feuding parties. Photo by Zejin Yin/UNMISS
WARRAP – Frequent clashes between communities living in Twic county, Warrap state, and neighboring Abyei Special Administrative Region have created a situation where innocent people are increasingly displaced and the security…













