South Sudan became the youngest country in the world in 2011, but in recent years the local people have been suffering from war. Racial tensions remain high in some areas, where anything can happen.
After the conflict between the South Sudanese government and rebels, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan established several camps to protect civilians there. Currently, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has six camps throughout South Sudan, protecting 198,440 civilians.
But there are constant armed conflicts, and people are often killed. The conflicts also lead to attacks on local residents, robberies and other atrocities. Although the United Nations has 14,000 soldiers and police stationed in South Sudan. But the situation still often gets out of control. Even United Nations peacekeeping forces sometimes have to withdraw from highly dangerous areas.
For this reason, South Sudan¡¯s peacekeeping forces have been criticized as having adopted a posture of avoiding danger and failing to protect civilians from killings and other sporadic attacks. Not to mention protecting civilians, they even failed to protect World Food Program facilities, resulting in the looting of $29 million in food, equipment, and other supplies. All this shows that South Sudan has now become a highly dangerous area in Africa.
Lin Rui and others crossed the northern border of Uganda and entered South Sudan. Outside the capital Juba, next to the United Nations camp, there are two camps for refugees, known as civilian protected areas. But more often than not, people call it a refugee camp.
In the refugee camp, simple tents set up with white tarps are only about two meters high. Some are equipped with iron doors, and some only hang a cloth curtain. The tents are crowded together, which makes people feel a little depressed.
Not many people got up yet. A few people stood at the door of their houses, holding a white wooden stick in their hands and constantly stirring it in their mouths. Crazy Horse told Lin Rui that they were brushing their teeth. The wooden sticks used by the locals were taken from a special local tree. They could be used as toothbrushes by biting the end into small pieces.
"No wonder black people have such beautiful teeth." Sergey shrugged.
Not far away, a middle-aged woman was sweeping the floor. She first swept the dirty things out of the house, and then carefully swept the tent door. The environment suddenly became tidy. A young man was cleaning the house barefoot. Finally, he took the slippers aside and gently shook the dirt on the cloth out of the door.
No matter where they are, people always pursue a better quality and more decent life, even in refugee camps.
The sun climbed up to the treetops, and more and more people came out of their tents for activities. Many children saw Lin Rui and Jiang An, probably because of their skin color and hair, and shouted "china" loudly, and some even said "hello". Several teenage boys said they liked Chinese Kung Fu. It was said that these were taught to them by officers and soldiers from the first two batches of Chinese peacekeeping infantry battalions.
Near the east gate of the refugee camp, a group of children are fighting around a white ball. They couldn't afford a soccer ball, which was only slightly larger than an adult's fist and was wrapped in plastic film.
In fact, their situation is not suitable for playing football - food is regularly rationed by the United Nations and can meet basic survival needs, but running undoubtedly means starvation.
"Refugee camps all over the world have the same smell. There may not be sadness and despair here, but they are full of depression." Crazy Horse shrugged.
"Hey, you guys! Don't move!" A group of peacekeeping force members with blue helmets in front raised their guns to stop Lin Rui and others from advancing.
"Damn Blue Helmets, they are always like this." Crazy Horse raised his hand helplessly.
"This is the United Nations peacekeeping police. We are responsible for entering the No. 2 Civilian Reserve to identify dangerous personnel and weapons to ensure the safety of the refugees. Keep your hands away from your weapons and report your identity." A second lieutenant from the peacekeeping force shouted loudly.
"How can we come in if we don't pass the inspection outside?" Lin Rui shook his head and said, "We are from a private military company."
A peacekeeping soldier looked at their IDs and whispered, "Oh, they are a bunch of damn mercenaries."
"Hey, boy! Please keep your mouth clean. If you don't let me, I will teach you how to respect me. What mercenaries? We are from the Black Island Military Security Company. Don't tell me that you are a little second lieutenant, no matter how big you are, We have met a lot of big shots." Snake Eyes shouted.
His Texas hillbilly accent helped the second lieutenant eliminate a lot of doubts, "Is he an American?"
"Come on, I'm a son of the Lone Star Republic, but I don't like the United States Federation very much." Snake Eyes glared at him. "This is South Sudan. Do you still want to confiscate our guns? What's the difference between killing us? Brother, do you dare to go out for a walk without weapons?"
Historically, Texas was once an independent republic and was known as the Solitary Republic.??Republic. Although the republic is only nine years old, many Texans still prioritize themselves as Texans rather than Americans.
It is said that the United States was also very nervous when the Scottish referendum decided whether to remain in the Commonwealth. Because if Texas also holds a referendum, once it exceeds half, it will have the right to become an independent republic. Just because this state originally joined the United States as an independent republic. Therefore, many unruly Texas cowboys, when they first speak, they say that they are Texans, and the United States is nothing!
That second lieutenant must also be an American. After seeing a tough Texas guy like Snake Eyes, he could only smile and shrug, "Listen to me, guys, it's been very uneasy recently. You'd better be careful."
"Thank you for your concern." Lin Rui nodded, "But it's good to meet you. Can you take me to your camp?"
"What, you are going to the peacekeeping force camp?" Now it was the peacekeeping soldiers' turn to be surprised. Generally these mercenaries have nothing to do with their peacekeeping forces, and many times they hate these mercenaries. It is believed that their presence has led to some originally small-scale conflicts turning into mass casualty incidents.
So there is almost no connection between peacekeeping forces and military companies. They didn't understand why these mercenaries were going to their camp.
The second lieutenant hesitated for a moment and said, "Can I ask if there's anything you can do?"
¡°Nothing, just going to see our boss, he is currently in your camp.¡± Jiang An replied.
"Impossible, our camp" The second lieutenant was mid-sentence when he suddenly thought of something and said to a few soldiers around him, "Watch them. I'll ask the command center." He walked to the car on the side of the road. Go up and contact the peacekeeping force headquarters by radio. He came back a few minutes later, waved to the soldiers, "Let's go back and take these guys with us."
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