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A safe haven for women and girls: Aweil centre supporting prevention and response to gender-based violence
A group of women sing and dance joyfully, as they welcome the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to their secondary home – a resource centre for women and girls. Located in Aweil, in the far north-west of South…
UN-supported vocational training centre keeping youth dreams alive in Aweil
An entertaining cultural dance greets the head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), as he visits a vocational training centre in Aweil town, located in the north-west of the country. One would be forgiven to…
UNAMID peacekeepers facilitate UN Agencies assessment mission to Keiling village, Central Darfur
Photo by Kone Mouroulaye, UNAMID. On 9 April 2019, UNAMID peacekeepers provided escort services to a joint World Food Programme (WFP), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) needs…
Rwanda: Peacekeepers in Juba remember genocide 25 years later with words of hope for South Sudan
Twenty-five years ago, in 1994, Celine Kalingirwa was just being born in Rwanda, fondly known as the land of a thousand hills. She was just three months old when a bloody conflict consumed her country, leaving about 800,000…
Thursday's Daily Brief: Women in peacekeeping, the arrest of Sudan’s leader, updates on Libya, Nigeria and Syria
On Thursday, the Security Council looked at the key role played by women in the UN’s peacekeeping operations. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange could be exposed to “serious human rights violations”, following his arrest in the…
UNIFIL Sector West delegation visits women-only soccer team
A UNIFIL delegation led by the Mission’s Sector West Commander Brigadier General Diodato Abagnara visited a women-only soccer team of south Lebanon recently as a display of encouragement for women’s participation in various…
Action plan to preserve heritage sites during conflict
UNIFIL head Maj. Gen. Stefano Del Col (centre) with Mr. Karl von Habsburg (left), President of Blue Shield International, and Mr. Sarkis Khoury from the General Directorate of Antiquities of Lebanon, during the Blue Helmet…
UNMISS Bangladesh battalion treats thousands of cattle in Wau
They show up from virtually nowhere. No pre-announcement of their arrival is needed. When the team of Bangladeshi troops-cum-veterinaries serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan appear, any wise livestock…
Government armed forces reiterate commitment not to enlist children
“The children we enlist in the military are our own children, and we destroy them if this [practice] continues. We must respect them. They must not be allowed to lose their childhoods.” James Adol Acholl, is one of 50…
Peace and road safety messages come riding on boda bodas in Wau
Wau boda boda rider Dulu Remejo is upbeat about his new acquisition – a shiny white helmet and an orange reflective vest. “It is true that a helmet will help in the riding of my motor cycle and prevent accidents,’’ he says…