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Residents of Kpatanayo village, having returned home from displacement, waiting for the inauguration ceremony of an UNMISS-funded healthcare centre. Photos: Denis Louro/UNMISS WESTERN EQUATORIA - “I was displaced from my…
An upsurge of violence over the past months in Upper Nile, South Sudan, has resulted in some 20,000 newly displaced people temporarily settling outside the UNMISS base in Kodok. The UN Peacekeeping mission and government…
Internally displaced persons and representatives from six neighbouring communities in Juba recently gathered to discuss how to better keep civilians safe and relations harmonious. Photos: James Sokiri/UNMISS Peace and social…
UN Volunteers (UNV) program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo now has more than 500 volunteers, including 300 working for MONUSCO and others for Funds and Programs of the Agencies of the UN system. The United Nations…
On Wednesday 21 December 2022, MINURSO held a military parade in honor of the newly arrived Acting Force Commander, Major General Chowdhury Md Main Ullah of Bangladesh, who arrived in Laayoune on 20th December 2022. On behalf…
Juba, 21 December 2022: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is deeply concerned about reported mobilisation of armed Nuer youth in the Greater Jonglei area. Such mobilisations have the potential to trigger…
Kinshasa, 20 December 2022: The Special Representative of the UNSG and Head of MONUSCO, Bintou Keita, welcomes the adoption of two resolutions by the SC this Tuesday.
One-hundred and ten members of the 3rd Egyptian Combat Convoy Company were awarded the United Nations medal on 20 December 2022, as a tangible recognition of the peacekeepers’ efforts and achievements. The Egyptian company…
In Kapoeta, Eastern Equatoria, community leaders and county officials have participated in an UNMISS-facilitated forum that aimed at providing them greater clarity on conflict management principles as well as upholding the…
New York, 20 December 2022 – The Elsie Initiative Fund for Women in Peace Operations (EIF) announced today that the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) will receive a USD 1.49…
“You look beautiful – just like a real woman.” This is the line told by a mother to a daughter in a short fictional film by UNMIK. However the “real woman”, central protagonist Shpresa, is only 15. The film Romni focuses on…
Today, at a somber ceremony in Beirut, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Aroldo Lázaro honoured and bade farewell to Private Sean Rooney, the Irish 24 year-old peacekeeper killed late Wednesday night.…