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WARRAP – More than 60 people, including army officers, ex-combatants, and traditional chiefs in the state, recently gathered in Kuajok to discuss ways of decreasing community violence.Participants in the workshop, which was organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), identified locations particularly prone to conflicts, the factors that most often cause
JUBA, March 19 (Xinhua) Chinese oil firm China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has expanded educational opportunities for South Sudan's children and recently handed over the renovated Paloch Primary School, which is the only learning facility in the entire oil-producing region of Upper Nile state.
United Nations Police (UNPOL) officers based in Warrap recently held a day-long workshop designed to build capacities among female officers from the South Sudan Police Service The main aim of the forum: To raise awareness related to the legal rights of women; handling cases involving sexual- and gender-based violence; and the key role female law enforcement officers play in
UNMISS-supported peace and reconciliation conference in Warrap State concludes with numerous resolutions
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Representatives from districts of the counties of Tonj East and Tonj North had plenty of sticking points to discuss when they gathered in Romich to address frequent deadly intercommunal clashes in this part of Warrap State.
Apart from the all too common problems of cattle raiding and “revenge and intentional killings”, delegates at the recently concluded peace conference also identified border and land disputes, controversies related to pastures and water points, “administrative inequality” and the “elopement of girls and adultery-related cases” as drivers of endless conflicts in the area.