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The village of Ogossagou is located 144 kilometres from the town of Sévaré in the Mopti region of central Mali. Ogossagou has been the site of two massacres between local ethnic groups in the space of two years, resulting in numerous casualties. For the last two years peacekeepers from Senegal serving with the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has secured a temporary operational base (TOB) in the village. The village of Ogossagou is difficult to access by land due to the security situation, terrorist attacks and Improvised Explosive Device (IED), and to the isolation of the village. Recently calm has returned to Ogossagou with the signing of local agreements between the two communities.

A helicopter flies over the village of Ogossagou in central Mali..

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Headline Juba Community Welcomes Weapons-free Zone

Caption Description Flora Poni (right) and fellow community resident greet David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), during a tour of the weapons-free zone on the perimeter of the UN-House Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Juba. The tour was part of the handover of the result of a joint Quick Impact Project (QIP) between the government of South Sudan and UNMISS, which included the construction of a solar-powered water system and the clearance of vegetation surrounding three communities around UN-House in Juba.

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Production Date 06/29/2017 3:27:09 PM

City/Location Juba

Country South Sudan

Credit UN Photo/Amanda Voisard

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