Local leaders, youth and women of the Gak and Manuer sections in the counties of Aloor and Malueeth in the Greater Lakes region have unanimously agreed to end five years of inter-communal conflict that has claimed at least fifty lives.
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Members of the previously clashing communities of Manuer and Gak celebrate the signing of a peace deal.
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Girls and women in Cuei Chok in the Lakes region have discussed their rights, which are often ignored.
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A section of students of the John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology listen attentively at an UNMISS forum on identity
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Senior army officers in Yei, learning about the human costs of war, the rights and suffering of victims of sexual violence.
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The author, Gideon Sackitey (right) helps colleagues to offload mattresses - part of the items they donated to the children's ward at Bor Town Hospital - from a truck.