Peacekeeping news

Photo by Mohamed Nureldin. Zalingei, 29 April 2019, Protection of civilians represents UNAMID’s core mandate, as further enshrined in UN Security Council Resolution 2429 (2018), thereby defining the Mission’s Protection of…

The UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) paid tribute to the Egyptian peacekeeper Sargent Sabry Mohamed Ahmed Hussein who was killed when his convoy was hit by a landmine on April 20, in the region of Mopti. In a solemn ceremony held…

In the past two years, frequent incidents of child abductions have become a security threat in Torit, Kapoeta and other parts of the Eastern Equatoria region. Civil society organizations have therefore called for an inter…

Between December 2018 and January 2019, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) informed UNIFIL that they had discovered six tunnels along the Blue Line. Following independent technical investigations undertaken in accordance with…

Creating more opportunities for young people and enabling them to be actors for peace and progress were key messages shared with a room full of Kosovo youth during the third annual United Nations Kosovo Youth Assembly. More…

Lebanon’s Minister of Defence, Elias Bou Saab, led a delegation today to the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura and visited areas along the Blue Line, where he was briefed on UNIFIL’s work, together with the Lebanese Armed Forces…

19 April, 2019 – Establishing regional centers for green management and inter-municipal centers for management of natural disasters, as well as encouraging green energy production, were among the promising solutions…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated on 20 April 2019 against a convoy of MINUSMA between Douentza and Boni (region of Mopti), which resulted in one peacekeeper from…

Photo by Mohamad Almahady, UNAMID. On 22 April, UNAMID’s Communication and Public Information Section, in partnership with the North Jebel Marra Locality and local Youth Union, organized a football tournament and musical…

Zalingei, 18 April 2019 – The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) strongly condemns recent violent confrontations between two rival youth groups in Kalma Camp for internally displaced persons…

The bright Juba sunrise rays blast through the sprawling rickety structures that form the UN protection site, adjacent to the Organization’s base in the South Sudanese capital. For Nyamuon, Nyachoat and Nyaliep, it is the…

UNIFIL’s Indian peacekeepers, together with the UN Mission’s Civil Affairs office and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), opened a UNIFIL-supported playground for children in Abu Qamah, south-eastern Lebanon, earlier this week…