Peacekeeping news

Photo by Nizar Saied Ahmed. Following the killing incident at the Kalma Camp for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in south Darfur on 11 June and the probability of a revenge attack by aggrieved parties, UNAMID Joint…

This truck, full of key messaging in different languages and formats on how to prevent COVID-19, will play a vital role in fighting the virus in Eastern Equatoria. “I commend the United Nations Mission in South Sudan for…

In Warrap, UNMISS and partners have recently launched a much-needed isolation centre project. With cases of COVID-19 increasing in South Sudan, UNMISS continues to make all efforts to support the national-led response to the…

As a response to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic (CAR), and specifically in Birao (North of the CAR), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through MINUSCA donated a number of items…

North Kivu : The Chief of MONUCO Goma/Office has visited Munigi Demobilization Camp. Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani A few days ago, Omar Aboud, chief of MONUSCO/Goma office visited Munigi, one of the six demobilization camps in…

Fight against COVID-19: Journalists from Beni sensitized by MONUSCO and the WHO. Photo MONUSCO/Michael ALI MONUSCO Office of Strategic Communication and Public Information organized an awareness-raising activity on COVID-19…

MONUSCO has trained court registry staff members in Bunia central prison on the court registry work. Photo MONUSCO From Sunday 14 to Monday 15 June 2020, MONUSCO Corrections Unit organized a two-day training sessions on the…

Child Protection: MONUSCO supports the development of a Provincial Roadmap for Ituri. Photo MONUSCO/Jean-Tobie OKALA Altogether, twenty people participated in a workshop held for members of the Joint Technical Working Group…

The UNFICYP Senior Advisor, Mr Aderemi Adekoya and the Senior Police Advisor, Chief Superintendent Fang Li visited Sector 1 of the buffer zone to evaluate mission operations. During the visit they were briefed at the UNPOL…

The underrepresentation of women in key decision-making positions at the central level is one major limitation in their limited participation in high-level political and peace processes, including the current EU-facilitated…

MONUSCO raises women prisoners’ and minors’ awareness of the Covid-19 and HIV-AIDS in Bunia. Photo MONUSCO/Jean-Tobie OKALA Forty-eight female prisoners and thirty-two under-age boys detained in Bunia prison were sensitized…

Following suspension with some exceptions by Secretary-General António Guterres in April 2020 of all rotations, repatriations and deployments of uniformed personnel to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 Coronavirus, UNIFIL…