Dr. Maher Botros, an UNPOL Community Police Officer from Egypt, has gone beyond the call of duty supporting UNMISS personnel, displaced persons and local law enforcement counterparts in Malakal during the COVID-19 crisis…
The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the increasing violence in many parts of the Darfur region of Sudan, notably the attacks in West Darfur on 25 July and in North Darfur on 13 July, in which dozens of people were…
Zalingie, 28 July 2020- UNAMID notes with deep concern the recent increase in violent attacks on peaceful protestors, civilians, rural communities and camps of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in various localities in…
Margret Modong Joshua, a Gender Affairs Officer with UNMISS, has dedicated the past 14 years of her life to work tirelessly for the upliftment of women and girls in South Sudan. “The work I do in this country involves…
As an update on the investigation into a video involving staff members of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO): A third male international staff member who was in the UN vehicle in Tel Aviv has also been…
UNMISS peacekeepers from Bangladesh conduct COVID-19 sensitization among female inmates of Wau Central Prison. In Western Bahr El Ghazal, UNMISS peacekeepers have taken the motto of leaving no one behind to heart as they…
Bunia: The United Nations Mission has organized an awareness-raising session on respect for human rights for the actors involved in the fight against Covid-19. Photo MONUSCO/Ezechiel Muzalia Several cases of human rights…
UNMISS peacekeepers recently visited the remote village of Basukangbi in Western Equatoria to assess the security situation and raise awareness on COVID-19. Basukangbi, a remote village with no communication networks some 50…
Juba, 23 July 2020: A fresh outbreak of fighting in the troubled Jonglei region of South Sudan has forced thousands of families to flee their homes and seek sanctuary next to the United Nations base in Pibor. The sudden…
MONUSCO regrets the death of the United Nations Police sector leader in Kinshasa. The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) learned with great sadness of the passing…
Kasaï : MONUSCO Facilitates the Holding of Mobile Court Hearings to Decongest Prisons in Tshikapaa. Photo MONUSCO/Moïse Ndayambaje To ease crowding in the Tshikapa prisons and strengthen the rule of law, MONUSCO provided…
Photo by Mohammed Idriss, UNAMID. Zalingei, 22 July 2020-UNAMID’s Communications and Public Information Section (CPIS), in partnership with the Central Darfur Disabled Union (CDDU), on 20 July commemorated Nelson Mandela…