Peacekeeping News

Recent developments in Africa indicate that the continent is increasingly moving in the “direction of peace” and enhanced security, the United Nations Secretary-General told journalists in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa…

UNIFIL’s Ghanaian peacekeepers donated last week a photocopier to a special needs school in Ayta ash-Shaab and a 30 KVA generator set to a community centre in Al Qawzah. The Ghanaian peacekeepers from the outgoing battalion…

Working hand-in-hand with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) personnel and local municipality, UNIFIL’s Nepalese peacekeepers carried out the campaign of cleaning the historic Shaqra-Dubiyye Fort in south-eastern Lebanon last…

More than 100 children of two primary schools in Ain Arab and Kleyaa, south-east Lebanon, received scholastic equipment from UNIFIL’s Spanish peacekeepers recently. The Spanish peacekeepers, led by UNIFIL’s Spanish Battalion…

UNIFIL French peacekeepers with medical capabilities monitor their substitute patient. Several injured patients, two on stretchers, were rushed to a waiting helicopter. This was part of a real-life scenario and a dramatic air…

Kananga, 2 Juil 2018 - The commitment was made through their Representative Régine Mbombo, coordinator of the Educated Women and Girls’ League for Development (LIFID), at the end of a two-day workshop organized by MONUSCO…

The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) observed the International Day of UN Peacekeepers with several activities focused on thanking the UN Peacekeepers serving in Abyei area, as well as honor those who…

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed shared her concerns over sexual violence in South Sudan with President Salva Kiir. During its eight months of operation, a clinic at the Juba Teaching Hospital has already received…

A joint Dinka-Misseriya post-migration conference jointly organized by FAO, IOM, and UNISFA just ended at Todach, 20 kilometers north of Abyei town. The conference brought together the Joint Peace Committee and leaders of the…

UNISFA recently conducted a workshop to raise awareness on gender issues affecting women within the Abyei community. The workshop on “Raising Awareness on Gender Equality and Education” targeted women groups within the Abyei…

These young men from Bangladesh are happy. They are about to receive UN medals for their service for durable peace in South Sudan. Thousands of miles away from home, in the service of peace in South Sudan. It is clear to for…

A woman in Bentiu receives post-surgical care. UNFPA, UNMISS and partners are currently helping women receive treatment for fistulas. Rebecca Simon spent 18 years without a single child. She traveled to Kenya, Uganda and…