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United Nations Peacekeeping
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, together with local authorities in Western Lakes, has begun a series of sessions to avoid conflicts in cattle camps ahead of the notoriously resource-scarce and hence violent dry season, which typically runs till early April.
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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.
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.
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 262 - 15 Jan 2020 to 23 Jan 2020
Bridges are lifelines, connecting people. This one in Lakes has been repaired by UNMISS engineers.
The lecturing man has a valid point: children are not soldiers.
Not happy. Several Aweil attending a workshop on human rights complained that their entitlements are ignored.
Back in business: A passenger aircraft at the newly rehabilitated Pibor airstrip
Lots of pieces of information about human rights principles and the revitalized peace agreement were handed out to opposition forces in the Kapoeta area.
UNMISS Force Commander visiting opposition forces in the Western Equatoria region.
Hey ho, off to joint training we go! Soldiers from government and opposition forces near Wau moving to training centres to initiate the formation of a unified army.