Peacekeeping news

Ruby Awude from Ghana has been a Blue Helmet serving for peace in various UN Peacekeeping missions. She has since shed her military uniform and is now a proud UN Volunteer with UNMISS in South Sudan. LAKES – Ruby Awude, a 43…

By being a UN Volunteer in South Sudan, Samuel Emmanuel Osekeny from Uganda is being true to his teenage pledge to serve for peace. Photos: Zejin Yin/UNMISS WARRAP – A Protection, Transition and Reintegration Officer with the…

Sarwah Qader from Iraq is a Gender Affairs Officer serving with UNMISS in Aweil who very much enjoys her varied tasks as a UN Volunteer. Photos: Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – Sarwah Qader from Iraq is…

More than 30 young people from across the island joined the UN’s environmental peacebuilding initiative in Cyprus called the “UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace programme”, now in it’s third year of bringing people…

Diane Umuhoza uses her 12-year experience as a laboratory technician to ensure UNMISS peacekeepers are in peak physical condition to protect civilians and help build a durable peace. Photo by Zejin Yin/UNMISS WARRAP – Diane…

Arslan Nasserullah from Pakistan is not only an engineer and a project manager; he is also a UN Volunteer, serving for peace. Photos: Zejin Yin/UNMISS WARRAP – Meet Arslan Nasserullah, engineer, project manager and a United…

UNIFIL recently delivered food for 30,000 meals, 40,000 liters of diesel fuel, and 72 kg worth of medical supplies to support the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in South Lebanon. It is certainly unusual for a peacekeeping…

With her customized motorbike, Khana Akur Majak in Rumbek does not allow her disability to define her. Instead, she's a much-admired businesswoman and advocate of the rights of women and the disabled. Photos: Nina Zubovic…

Stephen Gabriel Ndumuku, a carpenter from Western Equatoria, cannot use his legs to full capacity. But, this inspirational man uses his talent in woodwork to support six children and calls for inclusion as South Sudan heads…

Laduma Patricia Egan from Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan knows how to transform the cards dealt to her into a winning hand. This disability and women's rights advocate has been on crutches ever since she can remember but that…

Military officers having their awareness on human rights principles raised. Photos: Moses Yakudu/UNMISS Human rights violations are common in Eastern Equatoria State and in the rest of the country. Sometimes, they are…

Ten enterprising women from Upper Nile, South Sudan, took loans to gather seed money and launch a food business with a little help and encouragement from UNMISS. Photo by Samson Liberty/UNMISS UPPER NILE – As intercommunal…