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Risk education conducted by UNMAS benefits displaced schoolchildren in Unity state
With catastrophic floods in Unity state leading to massive population movements, there was no better time than now for UNMAS to provide risk education on unexploded ordnance to displaced schoolchildren in Bentiu. Photo by…
UNMISS engineers rapidly respond after fresh flooding destroys homes and cuts access to Bentiu airport and town
A fresh deluge in Bentiu, Unity state, has local communities scrambling as South Sudan faces the most catastrophic floods in 60 years. However, thanks to UNMISS engineers from Pakistan and humanitarian partners, the latest…
UNIFIL ramps up logistical support to LAF
UNIFIL today handed over the first monthly delivery of fuel to its strategic partners, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), at a ceremony in the UN mission’s headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon. Today’s donation of 35,000…
SRSG Tanin holds regular consultation with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti ahead of Security Council Session
Photo by UNMIK On 11 October, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Zahir Tanin met with the Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti, as part of regular consultations in advance of the Security…
Warrap youth benefit from joint workshop on social cohesion by UNMISS, UNDP, local partners
UNMISS, UNDP and a host of local partners recently held a workshop for young people in Kuajok on identifying key drivers of conflict in the region and finding pathways to a peaceful dispute resolution. Photo by Zejin Yin…
UNPOL holds day-long workshop to build capacities among local women police officers in Warrap
UNPOL officers serving with UNMISS in Warrap recently held a day-long workshop for female policing counterparts from the South Sudan National Police Service to build their capacities in dealing with cases of sexual- and…
UNMISS hosts two-day youth forum on reconciliation and trauma healing in Malakal
Young people play a critical role in driving positive change in any society. UNMISS and the state Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sports in Malakal, therefore, organized a two-day interactive forum on reconciliation and trauma…
Guterres criticizes ‘unprecedented expulsion’ of staff from Ethiopia; calls for focus on saving lives
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday urged authorities in Ethiopia to allow vital humanitarian work there to continue, following the recent decision to declare seven of the Organization’s staff persona non grata…
Children ‘indoctrinated’ to fight for insurgents in Mozambique: UNICEF
In northern Mozambique, worrying reports emerged on Tuesday that children as young as five have been shown how to handle weapons and indoctrinated to fight with insurgents. The warning from UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, came as…
Violence, aid access, continues to obstruct humanitarian effort in DR Congo
Violence and access constraints in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to hamper humanitarian operations in a context where one in three people need assistance, the senior UN official in the…