Health professionals have raised awareness among the leadership of the almost 28,000 internally displaced people staying at the UN protection site in Malakal on how to prevent an outbreak of the pandemic Coronavirus among themselves.
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Learning by doing: adequate social distancing at a Malakal awareness-raising session on COVID-19 prevention.
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Norwegian police officers serving with UNMISS in Juba practice friendly social distancing as a precaution against the Coronavirus.
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Participating corrections officers were enthusiastic about learning more about how to work with juveniles in conflict with the law.
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Previously displaced children have returned home to Gunyoro. Schooling has resumed, albeit under challenging circumstances.
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Police officers in Eastern Equatoria learning about human rights laws and principles.
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Ox ploughs have been delivered to women's groups in Rumbek North to enable the cultivation of larger areas.
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Oath of office in one hand, the other on a Bible or Quran as 35 ministers and ten deputies were sworn into South Sudan's new cabinet on 16 March.