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While the residents of Uror Country continue to be plagued by cattle raids, revenge killings, and the mobilization of armed youth, the region has become a major destination for displaced families seeking to return and rebuild their lives.
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Community members joined with traditional leaders, security forces, civil society and youth to upskill their protection of civilian and conflict prevention efforts at an UNMISS training in Uror, Jonglei.
Sexual violence survivors and United Nations partners discussed the importance of economic empowerment at a workshop in Juba.
With predicted record rainfalls in Bentiu, UNMISS peacekeeping engineers from Pakistan are intensively monitoring existing floodwater levels and raising the levels of dykes to protect 300,000 residents against an estimated 50% increase this year.
Prison officers serving in Aweil will better respect and protect the rights and wellbeing of inmates in jails across the state after participating in an UNMISS-hosted training workshop.
UNMISS peacekeepers united with local authorities, lecturers and students to clean-up the university in Wau, promoting a cleaner and safer environment for learning as well as building community togetherness and pride.
UNMISS peacekeepers and community members in Yambio launched a collective clean-up campaign, removing a mountain of garbage from the central city, that was not only threatening the environment but also the health and wellbeing of residents.
Community members gather in the small village of Kuajiena to discuss peace, security and justice during an open dialogue focused on accountability through the military court system, facilitated by UNMISS and supported by the Government of Norway. Photos by Busang Davies Maruping/UNMISS
A friendly football match between UNMISS peacekeepers and women from Yambio set the scene for International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers commemorations which brought hundreds of people together to celebrate diversity, embrace unity, and support peace.