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Maintaining momentum key to progressing peace process in South Sudan
Maintaining momentum key to progressing peace process in South Sudan
Peacekeepers partner with women in clean-up campaign in Eastern Equatoria
Wielding hoes, slashers and rakes, more than 40 women with infants strapped to their backs joined Rwandan peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) this week in a community-wide clean-up…
Female opposition soldiers in Mogok talk on being torn between war and peace
“We have a cause to fight. We don’t just enjoy being in the military, we have decided to take up arms to defend our children,” says Captain Rebecca Nya Piuudup in opposition-controlled Mogok in Greater Jonglei. Their children…
UNIFIL MTF and LAF Navy step up exercises, enhance capabilities
The UNIFIL Maritime Task Force (MTF), deployed since October 2006, has stepped up its tactical training activities with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Navy, with some 750 joint activities having been already conducted this…
USG Catherine Pollard interacts with MONUSCO staff
United Nations Under-Secretary-General Catherine Pollard and Head of MONUSCO Leila Zerrougui, speaking with staff of the UN Mission in Kinshasa. Photo MONUSCO / John Bompengo United Nations Under-Secretary-General for…
16 Days of Activism campaign to end gender-based violence underway
Bangui, Central African Republic – MINUSCA today held a ceremony to officially mark the start of the ‘’16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence’’. The annual United Nations campaign – which runs from 25 November, the…
SRSG TANIN WELCOMES NEW COMMANDER OF KFOR, MG MICHELE RISI
On 27 November 2019, Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, met Major General Michele Risi, the new Commander of KFOR, at UNMIK Headquarters. SRSG Tanin reiterated the importance of…
UN SLFs organize capacity building training workshop for Sudanese female police officers in North Darfur
Photo by Kone Mouroulaye, UNAMID United Nations State Liaison Functions (UNSLFs) in North Darfur in collaboration with UNICEF and Family and Child Protection Unit of North Darfur State on 12 November 2019 launched a five-day…
Jane Connors: "Victims are at the heart of our concerns"
Jane Connors: "Victims are at the heart of our concerns" Photo MONUSCO/John Bompengo The UN Victims' Rights Advocate (VRA), Jane Connors, is on a working visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of her mandate. Her…
Progress made in fighting gender-based violence in Jonglei as some men join the cause
The role of men in fighting gender-based violence was highlighted at this event in Bor, including by a group of men volunteering to support the cause. Anyone familiar with South Sudan’s patriarchal traditions may find it hard…