Thirty-nine year old Kuey Koak Deng from South Sudan was studying at a local college in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia when he met 30-year old Alim Sayaai Kedan.

It was not long after their first meeting that Kuey asked for Alim’s hand in marriage.

Looking sharp in their military uniforms, men and women from the Rwanda Aviation Unit 5 (RAU 5) stood proudly as they were awarded UN Medals in recognition of their service.

Religious and political leaders are being urged to lead a peace and reconciliation campaign in the Lakes region of South Sudan, which has been the scene of ongoing intercommunal conflict driven by cattle-raiding.