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WESTERN EQUATORIA – Once, almost 400 people called Mosso, some 50 kilometers from Tambura, home. Isolation and years of insecurity-induced displacement have reduced the current population to 15 hardy souls.
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UNMISS peacekeepers conduct frequent controls around camps for displaced persons around Tambura to protect civilians from outbreaks of violence in the volatile area.
In Kuajok, a harmonization workshop on customary law in Warrap State led to the consensual abolishment of early and forced marriage. Pending on state government approval, this decision will soon be translated into formal law.
UNMISS' Radio Miraya went live from Aru Junction with stories of how traders and farmers are benefiting from relative stability and peace with the support of peacekeepers from Nepal. Photo: Clayton Moyo/UNMISS.
Wau’s third annual marathon, gathering over 2,000 participants, launched the UNMISS campaign "Peace Begins With Me” in Western Bahr El Ghazal. Photo by Busang Davies Maruping/UNMISS.
With a capacity of 150 inmates, Aweil Central Prison in Northern Bahr El Ghazal currently houses over 700 prisoners in crowded, unhygienic conditions. With cholera running rampant in the region, UNMISS advocated with local authorities and the World Health Organization to vaccinate all prisoners and their guards.
Photo: Deng Mou/UNMISS.
A visiting UNMISS team engaged with local communities in Gondokoro, where land conflicts between farmers and cattle herders from elsewhere have led to tensions and insecurity. Photo by Issac Billy/UNMISS/UNMISS.
Youth in South Sudan often have difficulties finding learning opportunities and jobs. In Bor, peacekeepers from South Korea have conducted (Bor) 3-month-long vocational trainings for young, and now optimistic, women & men. In Akobo, UNMISS has funded a similar initiative. Photo: Mach Samuel/UNMISS.
At the prison in Kuajok, the vocational trainings initiated by UNMISS previously have an impact by offering inmates to develop skills in tailoring, farming and accounting.
In Liet-Nhom, the central prison is in an alarming condition. UNMISS continues to conduct patrols and monitor the situation.