UNMISS Troops Foot Patrol in Muddy Terrain
Channel: UNMISS VIDEOS
Date: 13/09/2013

PIBOR, JONGLEI STATE, SOUTH SUDAN
September 4th, 2013

These United Nations troops based in South Sudan's largest State -- Jonglei - have just received their orders for the day...

Their routine and scheduled morning patrol by vehicle is unable to take off for fear that their cars will get stuck in the mud, and will also slow them down while on patrol. 

The only alternative therefore is to go on foot. 

For these peacekeepers -- their routes could be getting longer and longer and more difficult, but their service for the protection of the vulnerable population continues to intensify -- even in areas which have been deserted due to civil unrest or flooded by intense rain.