SOUTH SUDAN / INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY

South Sudan marks its 9th independence anniversary amidst calls for lasting peace as the government, the UNHCR and partners are racing against time to curb the spread of COVID-19. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:10
• Production Date: 8 July 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: DISPLACED PERSONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 2550156
• Parent Id: 2550156
• Alternate Title: unifeed200708e

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY
TRT: 3:11
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: FILE

Shotlist

5 APRIL 2020, AJUONG THOK, SOUTH SUDAN

1. Wide shot, people in queue practicing social distancing
2. Med shot, woman washing hands
3. Close up, woman washing hands
4. Med shot, man washing hands
5. Wide shot, man washing hands

2017, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

6. Med shot, South Sudan flag

30 MAY 2017, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

7. Wide shot, people walking in camp
8. Med shot, women standing in camp

4 APRIL 2020, PAMIR, SOUTH SUDAN

9. Wide shot, community health volunteers putting up coronavirus posters
10. Wide shot, volunteers teaching people how to prevent coronavirus infection

5 APRIL 2020, AJUONG THOK, SOUTH SUDAN

11. Close up, woman marking ground for social distancing
12. Wide shot, UNHCR staff member showing people social distancing
13. Close up, man’s feet standing in queue
14. Wide shot, UNHCR staff member helping people to keep a safe distance
15. Wide shot, woman arranging soap for distribution
16. Close up, woman’s hands holding soap
17. Wide shot, people sitting at soap distribution stall

5 MAY 2017, BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN

18. Drone shot, internally displaced people’s camp

7 APRIL 2017, LAMWO, UGANDA

19. Wide shot, South Sudanese refugees, women and children in camp
20. Med shot, children playing

30 MAY 2017, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

21. Wide shot, people walking in camp

5 APRIL 2020, AJUONG THOK, SOUTH SUDAN

22. Wide shot, people waiting in social distanced queues for food distribution
23. Wide shot, woman fetching water
24. Close up, water filling bucket

30 MAY 2017, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

25. Wide shot, women and children sitting in tent
26. Wide shot, elderly woman sitting with child
27. Pan right, child’s face to woman’s face

Storyline

South Sudan marks its 9th independence anniversary amidst calls for lasting peace as the government, the UNHCR and partners are racing against time to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The world’s youngest nation is recovering from a brutal civil war with the formation of a transitional government in January 2020, but ongoing conflict threatens to destabilize hard-won efforts.

The world’s newest country has known more war than peace. However, it is continuing to recover and efforts to rebuild the nation are underway with the signing of a peace agreement in 2018 and the formation of a transitional government in January 2020. UN Refugee Agency,UNHCR and other humanitarian organizations are helping the government to prevent, treat and limit the spread of COVID-19.

Nearly 1.7 million people are internally displaced and more than 300,000 are refugees inside the country. UNHCR is calling on the country’s leaders to reinvigorate efforts to establish lasting peace and bring an end to Africa’s largest displacement crisis.

South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011, following a referendum where more than 80 percent of voters cast the yes ballot.