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Daniel Dickinson

Daniel Dickinson
Members of the Mongolian Battalion in Bentiu photographed earlier this month. On 22 February their timely interventions rescued internally displaced persons about to be abducted.

In a series of incidents taking place on Wednesday 22 February in Bentiu, members of the UNMISS Mongolian Battalion rescued approximately 50 internally displaced persons, IDPs, from being abducted by uniformed soldiers. The…
They should be farming, but can't. The Western Equatoria part of South Sudan, known for and proud of its traditional self-sufficiency and status as "bread basket" of the country, has seen agricultural output drop as a result of conflict.

A strong partnership with the UN Mission in South Sudan is needed to reinvigorate what’s been described as “green stability” in Gbudwe State in the south west of the country, according to a senior state minster. “This part of…