UPPER NILE – It’s a little after 8:00 am in Bentiu, but the temperature is already above 32 degrees Celsius.
In bulletproof vests and helmets, a team of 23 peacekeepers from Mongolia serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan listen attentively as Captain Bilguun Mandakhbayar briefs them about the mission they are about to undertake.
He tries to keep it light and positive, because the journey will not be.
Their mission is to drive up to the halfway point to Abiemnhom to meet compatriots escorting a fleet of 22 fuel trucks,…
