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- September 16, 2019

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UNDP supports production of 20,000 face masks in Aweil

- May 14, 2020

Contracted tellers are preparing face masks at Aweil vocational training center, photo accredited(Voice News Agency) AWEIL. Government of South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state in collaboration with UN agency for development, UNDP, have launched a “face mask” project that is intended to produce huge quantities which shall be used against the virus. More than 30 tellers are contracted to produce the quantities for a one month time frame, after the deadlines all will be distributed to common citizens who will not afford to buy the masks. Speaking to Voice News Agency on Wednesday, Emmett W. Watson, UNDP Field Coordinator in Aweil, said it is a role of the NGO to ensure that citizens are secure and treated. The campaign is done to sensitize and empower local communities to use the masks in their daily lives and bear in mind that the using of the masks is not only for medical staffs as some people may express. “Thank you for the opportunity, tradit...

N. Bahr el Ghazal’s rule of law forum recommends promotion of human rights, justice

- February 10, 2023

A monthly rule of law forum in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal has on Friday recommended promotion of human rights, justice system and respect of traffic guidelines and regulation for the safety of drivers and other people. The Executive Director the Wider Aid and Development Agency (WADA-SS), Peter Diing Ngong, said that there are a lot of human rights violations in the state. He has also stated that a number of detained youth from small cases is increased at Aweil Central Prison and called for immediate release. “We found that there are high violations human right in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State and we have also found that number of youth is increased in prison due to small cases of which we appealed the government to release the inmates with smal...

Around 20 law implementing agents trained on rule of law, good governance in Aweil

- November 17, 2022

About twenty staff members from police service, protection unit, prison service and judiciary are taking part in a two-day workshop on empowerment of rule of law and good governance in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal State. The multi-partners training had started on Thursday in Aweil Town’s Niavasha residential area and expected to be concluded on Friday. Speaking to Voice News Agency regional correspondent, Bol Makuach, program officer for the Hope Africa South Sudan (HASS), a national based humanitarian and advocacy organization, said the concept is to create awareness and bring people together to understand real meaning for the rule of law. “We wanted to create awareness, bring people to understand the meaning of rule of law in Greater Northern Bahr el Ghazal,” Makuach said. “The number of the participants we are targeting today (Thursday) is supposed to be 20 from four departs as following: protection unit, police service, prison service and judiciary,” he added. The ...