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“Our children are dying like flowers falling”: A mother’s plea for peace in Bangolo

WESTERN EQUATORIA - At first light in Bangolo, a small village in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State, Charity Fatna begins another day with questions no mother should have to ask. If her child falls sick today, will there be medicine? If violence returns, will her family be safe? And when will life finally return to normal? For Charity and many other women in Bangolo, uncertainty has become part of everyday life. Years of insecurity have…

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The United Nations Mission works with the people of South Sudan to protect civilians and build durable peace.

Around 12,000 peacekeepers serve with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, carrying out many duties under the mandate determined by the United Nations Security Council, including protection of civilians, creating the conditions conducive to the delivery of humanitarian assistance, supporting the implementation of the revitalized agreement and peace process, and monitoring, investigating, and reporting on alleged violations and abuses of international humanitarian law and human rights.

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The United Nations Mission in South Sudan works to protect civilians, facilitate the safe delivery of humanitarian aid, promote human rights, and build durable peace.