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United Nations Peacekeeping
A temporary United Nations peacekeeping base has been set up in Tonj and regular patrols are underway to deter a fresh outbreak of violence following a series of clashes that resulted in the death and displacement of many civilians at the weekend.
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UNMISS has set up a temporary operating base in Tonj, Warrap State, following recent clashes. The peacekeeping team travelled 11 hours from Kuajok through heavily flooded territory to get to Tonj. They have started patrolling, and have held numerous meetings with local authorities, high-ranking military officers, community leaders and youth.
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Informative COVID-19 material and face masks were distributed at an event in Yambio, which also aimed to promote a sense of national identity and social cohesion.
UNMISS partnered with I Can South Sudan to organise a seven-day COVID-19 awareness raising campaign in Tambura. Tricycles and motorbikes with loudspeakers broadcast WHO-approved preventative measures in local languages.
A women's representative from the Toposa community in Eastern Equatoria speaks to Governor Louis Lojore during a recent UNMISS-facilitated visit to remote areas on the state's easternmost border.
UNMISS engineering troops and local youth are battling rising water levels to prevent parts of Bor to be submerged.
Participants at a forum discussing the implementation of the peace agreement, including the provision of 35 per cent political representation for women.
The police component of UNMISS and UNDP jointly organized a forum on crime prevention in Torit, Eastern Equatoria.
Traditional leaders gathered in Wau engaged in important talks about reconciliation, conflict management, gender equality and a culture of impunity.
UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana hand over computers to a UNDP-constructed youth centre in Bentiu.