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UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 263 - 24 Jan to 30 Jan 2020

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Rounok Jahan, a Bangladeshi UN police officer serving with UNMISS, dares to be different. She hopes you do, too.

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Representatives from the Guit and Rubkona communities in Unity discuss how to prevent intercommunal conflicts related to cattle migration and scarce resources.

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Vera Ayensu, a UN police officer from Ghana, instructs her colleagues in Wau.

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The Force Commander of the UN peacekeeping mission on a recent visit to Koch in the Unity region.

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Cattle and a lack of pastures and water points are at the centre of intercommunal clashes in the Greater Lakes region.

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A much-improved security situations means that women (soldiers and/or wives of male troops) can move around freely and thus go about their hard work.

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Bridges are lifelines, connecting people. This one in Lakes has been repaired by UNMISS engineers.

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The lecturing man has a valid point: children are not soldiers.

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Not happy. Several Aweil attending a workshop on human rights complained that their entitlements are ignored.

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