It may look idyllic, but the presence of a minefield is a threat to these villagers in Pigi County. Floods have so far made clearance of the area impossible.
Residents in Pigi County, on the Jonglei State side of the river border with Upper Nile State, need to tread carefully. Floods mean that the recommendation by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) to relocate cannot be followed.
“We hope that the demining team will eventually be able to act quickly and effectively because our people are living in fear, and because of the floods there is nowhere nearby, close to the important river, where we can move, as was the suggestion made by the experts,” County Commissioner Nyok Maluar told a river patrol team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
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Source: United Nations Peacekeeping