The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has been working with civil society groups in Yambio to empower local community leaders, faith-based organizations and youth to foster reconciliation and improve social cohesion.
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UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana taking up positions to scare away burglars at the compound of an international organization operating in Leer.
![unmiss south sudan malakal computer skills training basic level school students](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/basic_level_training.jpg?itok=3fI9iRvZ)
An Indian peacekeeper serving with UNMISS offering students in Malakal basic computer skills.
![unmiss south sudan cueibet county peacekeepers nepal presence reducing tensions intercommunal violence](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/arrival.jpg?itok=nsE8io6A)
The presence of Nepalese UNMISS troops is credited with reducing tensions in Cueibet County, prone to intercommunal violence.
![David Shearer, Head of UNMISS, has briefed the Security Council and flagged the risk of local power vacuums and food insecurity increasing intercommunal fighting](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/old_presser_pic_2_0.jpg?itok=4TkAODhe)
David Shearer, Head of UNMISS, has briefed the Security Council and flagged the risk of local power vacuums and food insecurity increasing intercommunal fighting.
![unmiss south sudan special representative of the secretary-general david shearer security council](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/multiple_screen.jpg?itok=iK0NqTfd)
From the virtual Security Council session where UNMISS Head David Shearer briefed the Council on the situation in South Sudan.
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Participants at a Kajo-Keji peace forum in Juba, organized by UNMISS.