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The newly established Group of Friends of children in armed conflict would agree that a classroom, not a battle field, is the right place for children to be. (Photo from St. Comboni Secondary School in Juba). The United…

For Samuel James Ayot, a villager from Akoka in rural north South Sudan, accessing basic services and earning a livelihood does not mean having to make a perilous neck-deep wade across a river, thanks to the tireless efforts…

Joint statement by the Chairperson of the African Union and the Secretary-General of United Nations on the situation in South Sudan, 12 January 2018. Joint statement of the African Union and the United Nations on the…

UN peacekeepers have rebuilt the Akoka Bridge in the Upper Nile region, making it possible for local communities to reach Malakal with ease. Some 2,000 residents of the township of Akoka are jubilant: Indian peacekeepers…

Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. EL FASHER – The demobilization of some 500 ex-combatants -- part of ongoing efforts supported by UNAMID and partners to reintegrate former combatants into the community -- concluded on 10 January…

The security situation in West Africa and the Sahel remains of grave concern, the United Nations envoy for the region said Thursday, warning that while there had been progress on the political front over the past year, there…

The top United Nations envoy for Somalia has called for calm and dialogue amid reports of clashes between security forces from ‘Somaliland’ and neighbouring Puntland. “Our position is to try and reduce tensions [and] to…

Kananga, 8th Jan.-17: 40 journalists in Kananga went through two-day training on the theme “Journalism in conflict zone,” at the initiative of UNPC, supported by MONUSCO Strategic Communication and Public Information Division…

UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters and the Nepalese Battalion, operating under the Sector Command, organized on Tuesday a blood donation event in Meiss Ej-Jebel, south Lebanon, in support of a public hospital there. With 25…

Lieutenant General Ajae Kumar Sharma of the Indian Army visited UNIFIL Headquarters as well as the Mission’s area of operation this week. During the visit on 8 and 9 January, Lt. Gen. Sharma, who also oversees the deployment…

The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 52 of Security Council resolution 2348 (2017). It covers major developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the issuance of my previous report, of 2 October…

Despite some recent voluntary returns among those displaced in Sudan's Darfur region, lack of security, services and sustainable livelihoods in return areas have become major impediments to returns, the top United Nations…