The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has put a seven-day freeze on staff travelling into South Sudan as part of the peacekeeping mission’s support for national-led COVID-19 prevention efforts.
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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.