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With newly-acquired skills courtesy a six-month vocational training programme, Malis*, a former child soldier, has started a carpentry workshop in Yambio where he uses his talents to produce necessary items for the local…
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Mogadishu – Nowadays, the much-admired gardens and once-full classrooms at the campus of Plasma University in Mogadishu are empty. Like the rest of Somalia’s higher education institutions, the university – with more than four…
Seeing Malis* at work in his workshop in Yambio, one would think life has treated this young, 26-year-old man well—he appears to be an adept carpenter with a thriving business. His eyes, though, tell a different story. “For…
Nurse David Ndungu in Malakal makes the most of his experience of fighting Ebola as he plays his part in preventing COVID-19 in South Sudan. The year is 2014. A younger, somewhat naiver David Ndungu has just landed in…
United Nations peace operations promote stability and security in some of the world’s most dangerous and fragile places. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, overstretched UN peacekeepers—civilian, military, and police—were a thin…
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In an appeal issued on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged warring parties across the world to lay down their weapons in support of the bigger battle against COVID-19: the common enemy that is now threatening…
The year is 2014. A younger, somewhat naiver David Ndungu has just landed in Monrovia, Liberia. The boisterous, larger-than-life, enthusiastic nurse had heeded a call for medics to join the fight against Ebola in West Africa…
In order to reduce the risks associated with explosive devices, from 2019 to 2020, the Korean Agency for International Cooperation (KOICA) provided a generous support of 2.6 million US dollars to the United Nations Mine…
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COVID 19 is a test of societies, of governments, of communities and of individuals. Now is the time for solidarity and cooperation to tackle the virus, and to mitigate the effects, often unintended, of measures designed to…
COVID 19 is a test of societies, of governments, of communities and of individuals. Now is the time for solidarity and cooperation to tackle the virus, and to mitigate the effects, often unintended, of measures designed to…
Sweeping preventative measures seem to be curbing the spread of COVID-19 in the Great Lakes region of Africa, but the economic impact of the global pandemic threatens hard-won gains made along the long road back to peace and…
KABUL - More than 500 civilians, including more than 150 children, were killed due to the fighting in Afghanistan during the first quarter of 2020, according to a United Nations report released today, highlighting the urgent…