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United Nations Peacekeeping
Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have handed over an assortment of medicines and scholastic materials to citizens in the rural area of Achong-Chong in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State.
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Many patients in Achong-Chong showed up when UNMISS peacekeepers handed over medications. They also dropped of educational material at a school in the area.
The former governors Philip Aguer and David Yau Yau recently visited Bor to spread a message of reconciliation and social cohesion.
Corrections officers in Eastern Equatoria State learning more about the rights of inmates and how to facilitate their re-entry into society once they are released.
Learning about intercommunal reconciliation requires good note-taking, as here, in Yambio.
UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana taking up positions to scare away burglars at the compound of an international organization operating in Leer.
An Indian peacekeeper serving with UNMISS offering students in Malakal basic computer skills.
Residents in the Keyala area have been badly affected by intercommunal conflicts, bringing the once bustling town to a near standstill.
The presence of Nepalese UNMISS troops is credited with reducing tensions in Cueibet County, prone to intercommunal violence.
More than 50 women from five villages in Eastern Equatoria State have decided to establish a peace committee to deal with local conflicts. The sleeping baby might become a future member.
David Shearer, Head of UNMISS, has briefed the Security Council and flagged the risk of local power vacuums and food insecurity increasing intercommunal fighting.