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UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 250
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 250
Living her dreams: Captain Niyonsaba and fellow Rwandese peacekeepers receive UN medals
At the tender age of ten, Captain Leonie Niyonsaba was admitted to hospital in her home country Rwanda. She remembers being so well cared for that she decided to become a doctor. “But that was long after I had already made up…
UNMISS-initiated dialogue in Magwi has restored cordial civil-military relations after years of conflict
In July this year, the United Nations Mission in South conducted a civil-military dialogue to reduce tensions in Magwi, Eastern Equatoria. The result so far? A resounding success. Two months later, a follow-up visit to the…
Central African Republic: Four UN peacekeepers killed following helicopter crash
Three peacekeepers were killed and a fourth was severely injured after a helicopter crashed on Friday morning local time, in the west of the Central African Republic, the UN mission to the country (MINUSCA) has confirmed. The…
UN Mission in Haiti calls on protestors, authorities, to refrain from violence
Following days of intensifying protests in Haiti, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Monday the UN was “concerned by reports of violence and arson” across the country. At the dailypress briefing in New York, he told…
CHILD SOLDIERS IN WAU EXCITED ABOUT UPCOMING REINTEGRATION INTO THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES
Last week, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) conducted a joint verification mission to the Ngo-Halima base of South Sudan’s main opposition army to identify and remove soldiers from within their ranks. “I was…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the UN Helicopter Crash in the Central African Republic
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) confirms that on 27 September 2019, a Mi-24 helicopter, with four Senegalese crew members on board, crashed while…
Indian Peacekeepers help to control major animal disease outbreak in Upper Nile
Following a rash of enigmatic livestock deaths earlier this September, local authorities in the Fashoda and Central Upper Nile regions have turned to the bovine expertise of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)…
UNMISS educates South Sudan government army on how not to violate the rights of children
The 3rd Division of the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces in the Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal region has reiterated its commitment to protect and respect the rights of children. “We should not use children in conflict, because…
‘Our Peace’: A forum of grassroots and national actors seeks to move forward the revitalised peace agreement
At a hotel in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, small groups of men and women – in dozens – gather around conference tables. “The people know that the peace agreement has been signed, but they do not know what the peace…