Nearly 30,000 children in sub-Saharan Africa are believed to have died from cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO). Drastic measures to prevent coronavirus…
UNMISS peacekeepers with residents of Lafon County, who managed to recover goods stolen from a humanitarian partners as one of its convoys was recently ambushed. Photos: Moses Yakudu/UNMISS “Youth from my village followed the…
13 August 2021: IGAD, UNMISS, RJMEC and CTSAMVM welcome and commend the 10th August 2021 resolution of the Presidency of the Republic of South Sudan reiterating its commitment to the implementation of the R-ARCSS and calling…
With the promise of youth in the limelight as the 2021 International Youth Day is celebrated around the world, the MINUSCA Force organized an Open Day for young people – to help sow the seeds of peacekeeping, to help inspire…
This act of commitment was enthusiastically welcomed by the youth structures of the localities concerned. Photo MONUSCO/Sado Bahemuka MONUSCO has facilitated reconciliation between two communities in Irumu territory in Ituri…
As the seventh largest contributor of troops to UN peacekeeping operations at present, the Arab Republic of Egypt certainly pulls its weight in working to contribute to global peace. In the Central African Republic (CAR), 990…
More than 30,000 people in and around Tambura are thought to have been displaced by violence. UNMISS has visited them, looking into reports of grave human rights violations. Photos: Denis Louro Oliver/UNMISS “They cut my ear…
SRSG Elizabeth Spehar with the Youth Champions for Environment and Peace. September 2020 Photo: UNFICYP/Maria Homolyova Young people are on the frontlines of the struggle to build a better future for all. The COVID-19…
Juba, 11 August 2021: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan is concerned at the division that has developed within the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), and which led to clashes between…
A young peace campaigner from Cameroon who turned his back on the violence prevalent in his hometown and became a youth civil society activist, has been telling the United Nations about how he is helping other young people to…
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attacks perpetrated against civilians on 8 August in the Gao region in Mali where at least fifty civilians were reportedly killed and several wounded. The UN Multidimensional…
The population and local authorities are now waiting for the benefits of these projects in this area torn by various inter-ethnic conflicts exacerbated by the activism of armed groups. Photo MONUSCO / Miriam Izquierdo In…