Community leaders from Lodwara-Talla and Ikotos Central, Eastern Equatoria, have appealed to UNMISS and local authorities to initiate a sustained peace dialogue.
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Conflict between youth groups have escalated tensions in Ikotos county, Eastern Equatoria. Community members have requested a visiting UNMISS patrol team for reconciliation activities. Photo by Okello James/UNMISS.
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25 South Sudanese police officers in Northern Bahr El Ghazal were recently trained by UNPOL in proper crime scene management techniques. Photo by Achirin Achirin/UNMISS.
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Community members in Lafon county, Eastern Equatoria, want to break free from endless cycles of cattle raids, land disputes and revenge attacks. They have requested UNMISS to help promote reconciliation among feuding residents. Photo by Moses Yakudu/UNMISS.
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UNMISS peacekeepers with residents of Lafon County, who managed to recover goods stolen from a humanitarian partners as one of its convoys was recently ambushed. Photos: Moses Yakudu/UNMISS
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More than 30,000 people in and around Tambura are thought to have been displaced by violence. UNMISS has visited them, looking into reports of grave human rights violations. Photos: Denis Louro Oliver/UNMISS
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Peacekeepers from UNMISS are continuing to patrol across Western Equatoria to ensure that tensions remain low and the recent upsurge of armed attacks in the greater Tambura region does not spread to other areas. Photo by Denis Louro/UNMISS.