As we drive through the placid streets of Malakal in South Sudan, the youngest nation in the world, an eerie sense of anticipation looms. Strategically located by the Nile in the northern part of the country and key to controlling oil fields, the city has seen a lot of combat...
South Sudan Peace Monitors Help Bring Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Perpetrators to Justice
After decades of civil war, South Sudan reached a fragile peace in 2018. In this volatile environment, sexual and gender-based violence is still prevalent. The multinational body that monitors the South Sudan peace agreement (CTSAMVM) has monitoring and verification teams (MVTs) located in nine of the most conflict affected areas...