Peacekeeping news

A young child is captivated by a demining robot at a UNIFIL mine awareness event in Blat, south Lebanon. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) today highlighted the…

The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) commemorated the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action in Abyei echoing this year’s…

VIDEO MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FORMINE AWARENESS AND ASSISTANCE IN MINE ACTION4 April 2018

An unprecedented volume of landmines and unexploded weapons contaminates rural andurban war zones, maiming and killing innocent civilians long after conflict has ended.Mine action is vital.Roads cleared of explosive devices…

It would not have been possible to tell the story of UNMIL through the in-depth interviews contained in this book without the tireless contributions of current and previous UNMIL staff, both national and international…

Timeline of the key events in Liberia - (1989-2018) - Screenshot of the video created by: Shpend Berbatovci | UNMIL | 22 MAR 18

One United Nations peacekeeper was killed and 11 others were wounded early Tuesday morning when the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) was attacked by rebel fighters…

The United Nations has already started to prepare for a post-peacekeeping presence in Haiti, a senior UN official said Tuesday, stressing there are many reasons to be optimistic that the country’s progress towards stability…

The United Nations has already started to prepare for a post-peacekeeping presence in Haiti, a senior UN official said Tuesday, stressing there are many reasons to be optimistic that the country’s progress towards stability…

UNMIL Radio staff on air at one of the studios at UNMIL HQ in Monrovia. Photo: Christopher Herwig | UNMIL | 7 Jan 09 UNMIL Radio first hit the airwaves at the very inception of the UN Mission. The start-up challenges in human…

Eva Flomo, UNMIL Radio Producer on-air at the UNMIL studios in Monrovia.Photo: Albert G. Farran | UNMIL | 29 Jan 18 Now one of the most respected household voices in Liberia, UNMIL Radio producer, Eva Flomo had a hint of her…

On the morning of 3 April, at 5 a.m., the MINUSCA temporary base in Tagbara village, located 60 km northeast of Bambari, in Ouaka prefecture, came under attack from anti-Balaka elements. The peacekeepers and assailants…