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“Family Open Day” focus on role of households in achieving peace and fight gender-based violence
Jubek Model School was the scene of a festive event promoting harmonious families, peace and an end to gender-based violence. On Thursday 28 November, a steaming Juba was joyously shaken by the reverberations of singing and…
UNMISS engineers work together with their trainees to rebuild a community school in Malakal
This young man in Malakal is making great use of an UNMISS-led basic engineering training he completed in May. Six months after its conclusion, a training provided by some of the UN peacekeeping mission’s engineering troops…
UNMISS acts to deter further violence between communities in Maper
Seventy-five United Nations peacekeepers have been temporarily re-deployed from Rumbek to Maper to deter further violence between communities in the northern Lakes region of South Sudan. The fresh deployment of Nepalese…
Inter-religious committee established to help resolve intercommunal conflicts in Greater Jonglei
Bishop John Jok, chairperson of a new inter-religious committee, addresses fellow clergies. In a bid to make the most of their arguably significant influence on the attitudes and behaviour of the South Sudanese people…
University students from around the world see UNIFIL’s work first-hand
UNIFIL today hosted a group of about 50 university students from around the world in its headquarters in Naqoura and at a UN position along the Blue Line in a visit organized by Lebanon's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…
Tributes paid to fallen Indian peacekeeper
Earlier this month, UNIFIL lost one of its peacekeepers, from India. On 16 July, the Mission’s leadership, representatives of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and fellow peacekeepers paid their last respect to Sergeant Ramesh…
UN State Liaison Functions conduct workshop on justice delivery for victims of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in West Darfur
Photo by Jalaleldin Abdelrhman, UNAMID. UN State Liaison Functions (SLFs) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in West Darfur in collaboration with the Judiciary headquarters in West Darfur State conducted a three…
UNMISS prepares for expected homecomings by learning from Khartoum returnees
When Rebecca Dokoro Bilal returned from Khartoum to her native South Sudan she became a farmer. How can a poor, war-torn, post-conflict country prepare itself to reintegrate thousands of refugees and internally displaced…
MirMir boys reclaim their future as they leave military lives behind
On 23 July, after serving with opposition forces since 2014, 32 boys were released in MirMir in the Unity region. They will now return to civilian life. To paraphrase a famous man on the moon: this day marked a small step for…