UNMISS embarks on series of peace dialogues to avoid conflicts during the seasonal cattle migration
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Dry season in South Sudan means that a large number of herders and their thousands of cattle migrate in search of water and new pastures. To minimize the related conflicts that occur, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has embarked on a series of peace dialogues in affected areas, most recently in Tonj South in Warrap State.
“Please, do not let your cows destroy our crops. We [farmers] are ready to share the resources that exist with you in a peaceful way,” said Wol Ngong Uchala, a resident of Bab-Chok in the Malual Muok area, addressing the cattle keepers in attendance and praising the peacekeeping mission for bringing stakeholders together.
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A joint Inter-Cluster Coordination Group mission to Naivasha camp for internally displaced people in Wau County, Western Bahr el Ghazal State, South Sudan, October 2020.
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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock yesterday briefed the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan, highlighting worsening food insecurity.
He noted that millions of South Sudanese have been pushed to a breaking point. Violence, flooding, COVID-19 and a deteriorating economy are making an already bad humanitarian crisis much worse.
Humanitarian agencies and non-governmental organizations in South Sudan are scaling up response across sectors. The World Food Programme (WFP) has expanded its air fleet, to get food, nutrition and health services delivered more quickly in a challenging logistical and securit