A specialized team of UNIFIL’s Italian Carabinieri recently organized a 6-week long water therapy treatment to children with special needs in south-western Lebanon. The Italian peacekeepers applied the “Caputo-Ippolito…
"Populations’ collaboration is key to defeat Ebola," says Abdou Dieng. Photo: MONUSCO/Archives Bunia, October 30, 2019 - The (new) United Nations Deputy Coordinator for Emergency Response to Ebola Virus Disease (EERC) has…
UN Police patrol team raise young people’s awareness about MONUSCO's mandate. Photo: MONNUSCO/UNPOL As part of the protection of civilians, a joint patrol team consisting of MONUSCO Policewoman Officer, Moussa Adizatou and…
Briefing by Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, on United Nations peacekeeping operations, during the 8661st meeting of the Security Council. Watch on UN Web TV
At the core of peacekeeping lies the notion of shared responsibility, the UN peacekeeping chief said on Tuesday, presenting this year’s award for Female Police Officer of the Year, to a woman who “has made a career of…
Journalists in Aweil have described their relationship with the government as merely “average”. They did so at a training organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, aimed at discussing how to improve the…
“Will we have peace or not?” This question is in the minds of many South Sudanese as they wait to see whether a unified transitional government will be formed in the coming weeks as part of the implementation of a revitalized…
Officials of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition, SPLA-IO, have reiterated their commitment to releasing any child found within their ranks. The call was made at a two-day training programme organized by the…
Major Seynabou Diouf of the Senegal National Police has been selected as the 2019 United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year. Major Diouf currently leads a task force that helps to prevent and end sexual exploitation…
Landili, a strategically situated town near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in the south-western part of the country, has been facing security problems ever since the end of South Sudan’s most recent crisis…
Chinese peacekeepers recently organized a free medical camp in a south-eastern Lebanese village, directly benefiting the host population. In the 25 October camp in the village of Kleyaa, 16 Chinese medical personnel –…
Mary Nyakuaikoch was born in Koch. She was married in Koch, gave birth to her children and remained in the town despite violence raging around her when civil war broke out across South Sudan. She intends the town to be her…