Mother of three Mary Nyalok believes she is no different from the other 120,000 internally displaced people living in an UN-protected camp in Bentiu in South Sudan when she says that “if the guns are silent, I will go home.”
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Mary Nyalok, one of approximately 120,000 people seeking shelter at the UNMISS Protection of Civilian site in Bentiu. She wants peace so that she can return home.

School children in the Bentiu Protection of Civilians site being educated about the risks of Explosive Remnants of War (ERWs).

UN Security Council Condemns Fighting in South Sudan

UNMISS SRSG returns from two-day field visit to Bentiu and Leer; Statement Attributable to the Office of the Spokesperson United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Juba, 9 February, 2017

Youth activist Riak Maker Mading and Anna Nimiriano, associate editor at the Juba Monitor newspaper, say lack of national unity breeds hate speech.

UNMISS chief David Shearer calls on the people of South Sudan to promote peace and reconciliation. (Photo taken in Juba).