![]() ![]() ![]() Security has improved since the signing of a peace deal by warring parties last year and it is hoped that the situation will stabilize further with the arrival of the peacekeepers. Yei was hit particularly hard by the violence with most of its population fleeing to other parts of the country or across the border to escape the violence. The UN Mission in South Sudan has responded to that need.Īt the official opening of the base, the community celebrated alongside legendary South Sudanese singer Emmanuel Kembe whose music has both comforted and inspired his people during the civil war that has raged across the country for more than four years. The people of Yei had asked for UN troops to be sent to the area to help protect them from the impact of ongoing violence, including rape, roadside ambushes, killing and looting. They celebrated in their hundreds at the opening of a new permanent United Nations peacekeeping base in the South Sudanese town of Yei.
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