“The presence of UNMISS gave people confidence,” Bandaisa said. “They conducted night patrols, armed groups feared them, and ...

This story was published as part of a reporting partnership between UNHCR and Newsweek. One evening while he was still celebrating the birth of his first son a week earlier, Philip Bati answered a ...

Commander of Unruly notorious JIU forces in Yambio is under detention while his men are still at Large The governor of Western Equatoria state Lt Gen Samuel Abujohn this afternoon addresses an angry ...

Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Monday, Sidig Abel, a youth and community leader in Riirangu Payam, confirmed that the area is ...

Thousands of children have been forced to join the military and other armed groups in South Sudan since the civil war broke out in 2013. At a laying down of arms ceremony in the town of Yambio this ...

April 30, 2011 (YAMBIO) – The paramount chief of Yambio county who is also the chairperson of traditional authorities in Western Equatoria’s ministry of local government Chief Wilson Peni disclosed ...

If there is one thing that the warring parties in South Sudan's acrimonious and destructive three-year long civil conflict can agree on, it ' s the need for humanitarian aid to save the lives of the ...

More than 200 child soldiers have been freed in South Sudan, according to UNICEF. One hundred and twelve boys and 95 girls, some as young as 14, were freed at a special ‘laying down of arms ceremony’ ...

The sound of drums echoed throughout Yambio as communities gathered to celebrate, their songs, dances, and laughter weaving together a powerful message of unity. This spirit-filled Yambio witnessed ...

A UNHCR emergency team estimates that at least 5,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have arrived in the Yambio area, in the Western Equatoria region of South Sudan, within ...

Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) – “Advent is not just about candles and prayers, but also a spiritual rebuilding of our diocese and our nation. Let us prepare our hearts, our communities, our parishes.