In Terekeka, Central Equatoria, the justice system was so broken by years of war that offenders were chained a tree while their crimes were investigated because there was no police station.
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On 4 September 2020, UNMISS handed over solar-powered radios to 500 families in Western Equatoria. The objective is to ensure that children have access to school lessons being broadcast twice daily on Radio Miraya, following extended closure of educational institutions across South Sudan due to COVID-19.
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UNPOL officers deployed to Eastern Equatoria participate in a monthly rule of law forum organised by the United Nations Development Programme in Torit, South Sudan.
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Peacekeepers from Ghana use their own funds to equip more than 30 displaced women residing in the UN Protection Site in Bentiu with trading items for starting their own businesses.
In a bid to motivate displaced women towards becoming entrepreneurs, UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana teamed up with civilian staff from the mission’s Relief, Reintegration and Protection (RRP) section to hand over essential trading it