Peacekeeping News

Nicholas Haysom, SRSG and Head of UNMISS, at a press conference in Juba. Photos: Julio Brathwaite/UNMISS Welcome to everyone, including those tuning in live to Radio Miraya. I'm pleased to share with our listeners today key…

Peacekeepers and humanitarian actors are working hard to assist thousands of people who have been displaced by floods in Western Equatoria's Mundri West County. Photos: Denis Louro Oliver/UNMISS “A heavy rain made the River…

Photos CARINE TOPE In Kinshasa, the International Day of Peace, celebrated on September 21, 2022, was marked by a conference-debate jointly organized by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and MONUSCO Public…

Participants from three counties in Lakes State sign a document with agreed-on resolutions to reduce intercommunal tensions. Photo: James Mawien Manyuol/UNMISS LAKES- Cattle thefts and the revenge attacks often carried out by…

The UN Deputy Military Advisor, Major-General Maureen O’Brien (Ireland), arrived on 12 September from UN Headquarters for a three-week visit to MINURSO. It’s not General O’Brien’s first time in Western Sahara. As a young…

Law enforcement agents inspecting their new HQ in Gumuruk, recently handed over to the community by UNMISS. Photos: Mach Samuel/UNMISS GREATER PIBOR- To be effective, law enforcement agencies need to be both present and…

Lieutenant Colonel Vishwanath Channamallappa Gundagi from India, wanting to give children a couple of hours of happiness a day, bought and handed over 100 footballs to boys and girls in Western Equatoria State. Football is…

Abyei, 26 September 2022 – The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is greatly alarmed and deeply disturbed by the renewed clashes between the Twik and Ngok Dinka communities taking place in Agok in the…

Several messages were launched by blue helmets to the participants and the local communities, in particular highlighting the need to focus on peace and to refuse to join armed groups. / Photos MONUSCO It is with students and…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Caroline Ziadeh, met with the President of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova at UNMIK. SRSG Ziadeh and Judge Trendafilova…

Disarmament, Demobilization and Community Reintegration: Life After Fighting. Photo MONUSCO/DDR Moussa Abdula was 20 years old when he joined a Mai-Mai self-defense group, before being recruited by the M23 rebel group in…

Just about everyone with a say in the South Sudanese peace process was present when International Peace Day was celebrated in Juba. Photo: Isaac Billy/UNMISS In South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation and a place where the…