The UN Mission in South Sudan has temporarily deployed peacekeepers to Koch County in Northern Liech to protect civilians and humanitarian workers and encourage displaced people to return to their homes.
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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.
![unmiss south sudan wau raja cantonment site training centre unified national army women working hard](https://unmiss.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/styles/380x220/public/field/image/family_teamwork_at_cantonment_site.jpg?itok=voRsNYvP)
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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Back in business: A passenger aircraft at the newly rehabilitated Pibor airstrip
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Lots of pieces of information about human rights principles and the revitalized peace agreement were handed out to opposition forces in the Kapoeta area.
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UNMISS Force Commander visiting opposition forces in the Western Equatoria region.