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Birao: A push for girls’ reproductive health by the Zambian contingent
MARIA KABATANYA To mark Menstrual Health Week (6-12 June 2021), the Female Engagement Team of the MINUSCA Zambian contingent (ZAMBATT) and the Mission’s gender unit came together to champion girls’ reproductive health rights…
Fight against criminality in Bunia: Roughly a hundred solar panels installed by MONUSCO
Fight against criminality in Bunia: Roughly a hundred solar panels installed by MONUSCO. Photo MONUSCO / Jean-Tobie Okala With funding from MONUSCO to the tune of $132,000, one hundred and four solar panels have been…
South Kivu: Biogas for Uvira central prison
South Kivu: Biogas for Uvira central prison. Photo MONUSCO/Correction Unit Inmates in Uvira central prison, South Kivu province now have a new source of combustible energy: biogas. With MONUSCO funding, a pilot biogas project…
Gabonese and Moroccan peacekeepers who fell in Bangassou remembered
Barely a week since holding a memorial ceremony for two of its peacekeepers, MINUSCA personnel gathered at the Mission’s headquarters in Bangui on 26 January 2021 to, once again, mourn the passing of two more blue helmets…
Post-election education for village leaders in Obo
Following workshops conducted with political parties, southern Sudanese refugees as well as community, women and youth leaders, the electoral team in Obo hosted, on 28 January 2021, yet another workshop on the acceptance of…
UN envoy in South Sudan, High Commissioner for Refugees visit Bentiu, discuss security needs and voluntary returns
Facilitating voluntary returns to places of origin by refugees and internally displaced persons was the focus of a recent joint visit to Bentiu, South Sudan, by David Shearer, Special Representative of the UN Secretary…
Marksmanship training for Lebanese State Security personnel
UNIFIL Italian peacekeepers recently conducted a training course for members of the Lebanese State Security to improve the overall operational competence, efficiency and readiness by imparting knowledge on static and dynamic…
UNIFIL head chairs 1st Tripartite meeting of 2021 with LAF and IDF officials
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired the first Tripartite meeting of 2021, with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at a…
Suffering returnees in Kediba ask leaders to speed up implementation of peace agreement
Over the last six months, thousands of internally displaced persons left the bush and returned to Kediba. Now they are lacking food, healthcare and other necessities. Circling above Kediba in the early morning light, those on…
‘Meaningful and inclusive’ dialogue essential to end upsurge in clashes across Central African Republic
The UN chief António Guterres on Wednesday said he continues to be “very concerned” about armed clashes and the threat to civilian life across the Central African Republic, where around 200,000 have been displaced by fighting…