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Women of the Bongo tribe in the Aguka district of Tonj County have been craving a marketplace for years and their wishes have been granted. Thanks to a series of construction projects, they now have a brand new building to accommodate one.
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Residents flocked to the new market structure in Tonj County, financed by UNMISS.
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 243 - 29 July 2019
Civilians in Pageri listen attentively during a meeting with UNMISS peacekeepers during a patrol in Lobonok County, in the Jubek area.
Civil-military dialogue in Magwi, Eastern Equatoria.
When Rebecca Dokoro Bilal returned from Khartoum to her native South Sudan she became a farmer.
On 23 July, after serving with opposition forces since 2014, 32 boys were released in MirMir in the Unity region. They will now return to civilian life.
UNMISS Force Commander Shailesh Tinaikar drove his own vehicle on a full-day patrol to verify the security situation along the Juba-Nimule road.
Bishop John Jok, chairperson of a new inter-religious committee, addresses fellow clergies.
A lack of water and grazing pastures is causing frequent intercommunal tensions in parts of Eastern Equatoria. Fighting, in turn, makes the food insecurity even worse.