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Survivors of conflict-related sexual violence continue to struggle to access adequate medical and mental health care, according to a new report issued by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the UN Human Rights…
Lydia Mpeh, a United Nations Volunteer serving in Rumbek, South Sudan, as a frontline health worker with UNMISS, is committed to continuing her vital work here despite the threat of COVID-19 to her own health and wellbeing…
The completion of repair work on the Wau-Raja road will be a welcome boost for local residents, peacekeepers and humanitarians alike. The People of Raja County in Western Bahr El Ghazal State will soon enjoy easy access to…
UNIFIL, its strategic partner the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and fellow UN peacekeepers today paid their last respects to a Ghanaian soldier who recently succumbed to an illness while serving for peace in south Lebanon. A 28…
Radio shows and public service announcements on how to keep the Coronavirus at bay are being financed by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. A joint, statewide COVID-19 awareness campaign in Jonglei is tapping into the…
Two severely wounded South Sudanese men have received life-saving care from the Sri Lankan medical team serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in Bor. Two severely wounded South Sudanese men have received life…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a special Tripartite meeting – the first since the COVID-19 outbreak – with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the…
As part of its ongoing commitment to support local efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, UNMISS handed over some 7,000 face masks, protective glasses, gloves and disinfectants to local hospitals in Torit. Torit in the…
The South Sudanese Government has confirmed that two cases of COVID-19 have been identified inside a Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in the capital, Juba, although the world’s youngest nation has been relatively unscathed…
On 12 May 2020, the Zambian battalion Female Engagement Team (FET) conducted a sensitization workshop on Coronavirus Disease at MINUSCA base in Birao, targeting 19 selected influential local women, because of the need to…
Photo by Owies Elfaki, UNAMID. Zalingei, 12 May 2020- As part of UNAMID response and mitigation measures against the spread of the novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) in Darfur, UNAMID’s Human Rights Section (HRS)…
MONUSCO initiates the creation of Local Protection Committees in Mahagi. Photo MONUSCO In total, around 100 participants (including 30 women) from local authorities, community leaders, civil society, youth and women's…