The land in Yambio is lush, rich in colour, and fertile – the perfect place to grow crops and raise farm animals.

Traditional huts, or tukul, of bamboo, mud brick and thatched roof stand strong.

Women wait in line at the borehole for their turn to fill yellow jerricans with water.

A group of men sit under a tree chatting about politics and what’s happening in the community.

The Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, David Shearer, has expressed his gratitude to Germany’s Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs for the country’s contribution to the protection of civilians and building of durable peace in South Sudan.