Peacekeeping News

United Nations Secretary-General António Gutteres condemned the killing of seven peacekeepers on Wednesday serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is also confronting a lethal Ebola outbreak. His…

Africa’s crisis-torn Sahel region needs support from the international community “now more than ever,” the head of United Nations peacekeeping operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, told the Security Council on Thursday. In a…

Remarks by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), on Peace and Security in Africa.

UNMISS and local officials pause for a group photo at the opening of the Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology Peace Centre in Bor. The Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology in…

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.217

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe New York, 14 Nov 2018 - The need to ensure people throughout Kosovo society are fully engaged in building lasting peace was underscored by the head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission…

In a bid to reduce the number of accidents on the main roads of Torit, more than 100 commercial motorbike riders, locally known as boda boda drivers, have attended a one-day interactive session on road safety. As part of the…

Biel Chuol in an ecstatic embrace with his father at the Akobo airstrip. Biel was one of the final 27 displaced persons who returned voluntarily to Akobo from the UN protection site in Bor on Thursday, 8 November 2018 For the…

Photo by Elsadig Daud, UNAMID. On 4 November 2018, UNAMID inaugurated five Community Stabilization Projects (CSP) aimed at promoting rule of law, supporting education and empowering at-risk youth in Mournei Locality, West…

With the raising of Kazakhstan flag in UNIFIL today, the central Asian country is officially the 42nd troop contributor to the Mission's more than 10,500 peacekeepers serving for peace in south Lebanon. At a special ceremony…