Peacekeeping news

Sharing their experiences from different realms of civil society and government, on 23 June, the United Nations family in Kosovo hosted Global Open Day on Women, Peace and Security in Kosovo to highlight the importance of…

28 journalists in Western Equatoria recently completed a three-day UNMISS training on journalistic practices and the role of media partners in building a durable, inclusive peace across South Sudan. Photo by Felix Katie…

Some 13 young women in Wau, South Sudan, are building income-generating skills in tailoring and sewing thanks to UNMISS peacekeepers from Bangladesh. Photo by Alahayi Nemaya/UNMISS. Some 13 women in Wau, South Sudan, are now…

The Deputy Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the Central African Republic, Lizbeth Cullity, met with 80 beneficiaries of MINUSCA’s Community Violence Reduction (CVR) Programme, at two training centres – the Bon…

Sometimes, happiness is being given a proper football kit. Photos: James Sokiri/UNMISS Ever wondered what equipment that would be needed to prepare twelve teams for a football tournament? Of course you have, and here’s the…

Editors of media outlets and members of civil society in the Central African Republic (CAR) were invited to an awareness-raising session on combating disinformation held in Bangui on 14-15 June. Disinformation and “fake news”…

UN Photos / Haidar Fahs UNIFIL Sector West Command and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) yesterday opened a newly renovated medical facility with UNIFIL support within the main LAF barracks in Tyre, south Lebanon. The facility…

And the girls are marching in, to a sports for peace tournament in Warrap State. Photos: Manyang Mayom/UNMISS Sports unite, they say. Football, the beautiful game and undisputed king as the most popular sport in the world…

Defense forces, soldiers from nearby countries and other security personnel have been fighting an “asymmetric war” against armed groups, sparking an “unprecedented humanitarian crisis”, the top UN official in the country told…

Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar, UNMISS Force Commander, recently visited the temporary operating base in Koch, Unity State. Preventing conflict from breaking out or swiftly mitigating its effects on innocent civilians…

A circle of participants at a workshop raising awareness on the ills of sexual gender-based violence. Photos: Peter Ring Ariik Kuol/UNMISS A loud call for rule of law and an end to using physical force against women and other…

UNMISS peacekeepers have been making quite a difference for residents in Yei and Lasu, not least by organizing a medical camp where some 500 patients were treated. Residents in Lasu, a village bordering the Democratic…