South Sudan: Indian ‘Blue Helmets’ in South Sudan Tackle Deadly Cattle Raids

May 29, 2017 | Press Trust of India
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At the centre of the raging South Sudan conflict is not oil or territory but cattle, which, Indian UN peacekeepers posted to the African nation say, are considered “more precious” than humans. A young Indian commanding officer of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said in the world’s youngest nation, made up largely of pastoral communities, the centrality of cattle is such that justice, even for a murder, may be served in terms of cows.