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Darfur: Displacement slows but returns remain difficult, warns UN peacekeeping chief
Despite some recent voluntary returns among those displaced in Sudan's Darfur region, lack of security, services and sustainable livelihoods in return areas have become major impediments to returns, the top United Nations…
MONUSCO backs the training of journalists in conflict zone
Kananga, 8th Jan.-17: 40 journalists in Kananga went through two-day training on the theme “Journalism in conflict zone,” at the initiative of UNPC, supported by MONUSCO Strategic Communication and Public Information Division…
UNAMID supports demobilization of former combatants in North Darfur
Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. EL FASHER – The demobilization of some 500 ex-combatants -- part of ongoing efforts supported by UNAMID and partners to reintegrate former combatants into the community -- concluded on 10 January…
In Hargeisa, UN envoy for Somalia calls for calm and dialogue following clashes
The top United Nations envoy for Somalia has called for calm and dialogue amid reports of clashes between security forces from ‘Somaliland’ and neighbouring Puntland. “Our position is to try and reduce tensions [and] to…
Boko Haram attacks, human trafficking threaten progress in West Africa and Sahel – UN envoy
The security situation in West Africa and the Sahel remains of grave concern, the United Nations envoy for the region said Thursday, warning that while there had been progress on the political front over the past year, there…
UN peacekeepers rebuild Akoka Bridge in Upper Nile region
UN peacekeepers have rebuilt the Akoka Bridge in the Upper Nile region, making it possible for local communities to reach Malakal with ease. Some 2,000 residents of the township of Akoka are jubilant: Indian peacekeepers…
South Sudan: Rebuilt bridge in Upper Nile helping local communities, improving aid delivery
For Samuel James Ayot, a villager from Akoka in rural north South Sudan, accessing basic services and earning a livelihood does not mean having to make a perilous neck-deep wade across a river, thanks to the tireless efforts…
Joint statement by the Chairperson of the African Union and the Secretary-General of United Nations on the situation in South Sudan
Joint statement by the Chairperson of the African Union and the Secretary-General of United Nations on the situation in South Sudan, 12 January 2018. Joint statement of the African Union and the United Nations on the…
UN and partners launch initiative to end child rights violations in South Sudan
The newly established Group of Friends of children in armed conflict would agree that a classroom, not a battle field, is the right place for children to be. (Photo from St. Comboni Secondary School in Juba). The United…
Indian peacekeepers organize group yoga session
UNIFIL’s Indian peacekeepers organized a yoga session for the local population and fellow peacekeepers at their main base in Ebel es Saqi, south-eastern Lebanon, marking the International Day of Yoga on Thursday. India’s…