Peacekeeping News

Achuei Woui carries her ten-month old baby, Yar Thou, to a temporary medical camp run by Korean peacekeepers in Bor town. Photo: Nektarios Markogiannis Beatrice Mategwa Cradling her child close in the rain, Achuei Woui…

For several weeks, thousands of Jie – mostly women and children – have been surviving in Kassengor, Kapoeta, on little but wild fruits for food, and tree leaves to treat medical issues. “We are suffering now. We are facing a…

As part of strengthening their bond with the host population, UNIFIL’s Korean peacekeepers hosted 27 representatives from the town of Tayr Dibbah, including its mayor, Hussein Saad, for a friendly football match in their main…

Child protectors: 23 Police Advisers from 10 regions in South Sudan at a‘training of trainers’ workshop in Juba, conducted by the UN Children’s Agency (UNICEF) and UNMISS Child Protection and Gender Units. Joshua Mmali A room…

Officer-in-Charge, UNMISS Kuajok Field Office, Abimbola Aina cuts inaugural ribbon with Riang-Alek Police Inspector, Simon Kuot and Bouyar Commissioner James Athian Agok.(Photo: Manyang Mayom/UNMISS) Manyang Mayom The…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary today had separate meetings with Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri and members of the diplomatic corps as part of his farewell tour and to update on…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary today had separate meetings with designate Prime Minister Saad Hariri and members of the diplomatic corps as part of his farewell tour and to update on…

A group of South Sudanese youth in Bor, including Monica Awalith (right), receive bakery training from Korean peacekeepers currently deployed in the town. Beatrice Mategwa Dressed from head to toe in full chef attire, Monica…

A UNIFIL Estonian peacekeeper demonstrates how to detect IEDs to LAF soldiers during a joint training. The soldiers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) watch intently as a small unit of UNIFIL Estonian peacekeepers…

UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Force Commander Civil-Military Cooperation (FC CIMIC) unit hosted about 50 children in the Indonesian peacekeepers’ main base in Adshit Al Qusayr earlier this month. The children, between 5 and 13…

A new hybrid solar project has come to life in Torit, South Sudan, with the launch, last Thursday, of a newly built Green Energy Power Station at the base of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). An enthusiastic…

Across South Sudan, many young people are fighting over ethnic differences. But dozens of teenagers from different tribes have come together in Yambio, united by a shared passion for learning and sharing knowledge with others…