We cordially invite you to take coverage of the 10 Days of National Peace Activism marking the first anniversary of the signed Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan. The objective of the activism is to collectively advocate for the call for peace, which is the motivating force behind the various activities […]
Responsibility on social media Speak up. ThinkB4Uclick. Share Responsibly Picture this scenario. Your phone beeps. You open the message and as you go through it your stomach sinks. The content is offensive to you and you wonder what your next step should be. It could be a message that is perpetrating misogynistic, tribalistic or racist […]
Using my Guitar to speak hope | Mer Anyang | TEDxNakaseroWomen May 2015, Kampala Uganda “What is your responsibility? Some of us are Doctors, Journalists, Engineers, you name it. This war is not just in a neighbouring country, this war is really all over Africa. We are fighting tribalism, we are fighting gender based violence, […]
Peace / Diaspora Roundtable & Strategic Forum on Mobilising Civic Action Against Hate Speech and Directed Social Media Incitement to Violence in South Sudan. Date: Saturday 23rd JULY 2016 Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm Venue: Sentrim 680 (Sixeighty) Hotel Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi Program: 4 sessions; breakaway workshop & focused strategic discussion.
CDC is an indigenous non-governmental, nonprofit organization in South Sudan, founded by a connection of artistic and ambitious South Sudanese youth in Yei. Youth, who constitute the largest share of the South Sudan population and also in cyberspace, need to be educated & equipped with the necessary competence to recognize and act against online hate […]
South Sudan’s first International Film Festival: Changing the national cultural narrative. July 5th 2016 *Article from Newsweek By Conor Gaffey Published 7/7/16 at 9:49 AM The Juba Film Festival is showcasing the work of local and international filmmakers in a bid to change perceptions of a country that, outside its borders, is largely associated with the […]
Social Media awareness and mitigating hate speech workshop at Juba PoC3 May 28th 2016 Workshop initiated by r0g_agency in collaboration with CEPO. Focussing on the mechanisms of online extreme speech and means to counter social media hate speech in South Sudan, participants from both Juba PoC1 and PoC3 included women, youth and faith leaders, lawyers, […]
L.U.A.L. & NANCY – Give Peace a Try Music video for UNESCO and Peace Earth South Sudan
Atong Atem is a South Sudanese photographer based in Melbourne, Australia, who takes photos exploring the cultural identities of first and second-generation African migrants in Australia. In a recent photo series she focuses on the social and cultural identities constructed by first and second generation Africans living in the diaspora. VICE spoke to her about […]
In 1985, the Sudanese government began destroying villages eventually leading to the rise of the People’s Liberation Army. Two years later, six-year old Deng Thiak Adut was taken away from his family’s banana farm in South Sudan and conscripted into the Army. After undergoing military training, several years of army service and witnessing numerous atrocities, […]
Peace starts within me #defyhatenow #PeaceDay Celebrating UN International Day of Peace with a live social media PeaceJam in Juba #JubaPeaceJam Intra-Africa Hotel, Juba & online worldwide! UN International Day of Peace Monday 21st September 2015 Each year the International Day of Peace is observed to strengthen the ideals of peace, within and among all […]