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This brief presents an overview of trends in violence affecting civilians between January and March 2020, by assessing four major forms of individual harm experienced throughout the conflict (killing, injury, abduction and sexual violence). While the impact of violence …
Read moreUNMISS “Protection of Civilians” (PoC) Sites Population Update*
As of 28 May 2020, the total number of civilians seeking safety in six Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites located on UNMISS bases is 187,991. This includes 29,658 in Juba UN House, …
Read moreJuba –The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is working in close partnership with the government of South Sudan and other UN agencies to ramp up surveillance at the country’s borders as part of efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19.…
Read moreOLIVIER NDIKUMANA
“In all the years that I have spent working across conflict zones with United Nations Peacekeeping, I’ve discovered that women, genuinely, hold the key to sustainable peace. We constitute 50 per cent of any society and only by …
Read moreJuba, South Sudan, June 2, 2020 — South Sudan has seen a sharp spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past week, with cases more than doubling amidst a humanitarian emergency. President Salva Kiir has warned the country, where conflict …
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