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UNISFA’s Acting Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Mehari Gebremariam, presents the key of a Toyota Landcruiser to the new Juba Appointed Chief Administrator. The gift of the vehicle is part of the Mission’s…

Women in Wau taught tailoring skills by Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving with UNMISS. You may reckon that uniformed UN peacekeepers and sewing machines is an unlikely combination. Think again. Bangladeshi soldiers based in…

Misinformation damages quality of life. This was just one key joint message of a media literacy campaign spearheaded by Kosovo-Albanian and Kosovo-Serbian journalists who came together to amplify the messages. Over the past…

Thousands of UNIFIL peacekeepers, like Lt. Jorge Tejada from Spain, have been contributing to consolidate peace and stability in south Lebanon since 2006. His patrol unit operates daily around the Marjayoun district and in…

North Kivu : MONUSCO engages in a vegetable growing project in favor of vulnerable persons. Photo MONUSCO/Kevin Jordan At a stone's throw from the city-center of Goma, a garden of around 300 square meters shelters a few…

South-Kivu province : MONUSCO Has Provided the Provincial Government with Equipment to Fight COVID-19. PHOTO MONUSCO/Alain Likota To back the provincial government’s efforts to fitht the coronavirus disease, MONUSCO donated…

70 members of the marginalized and vulnerable group of sex workers, represented by their association in the Central African Republic (CAR), attended an educational session on preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA)…

Each year, on Nelson’s Mandela’s birthday, we pay tribute to an extraordinary global advocate for equality, dignity and solidarity. Madiba was a moral giant of the 20th century, whose timeless legacy continues to guide us…

Using illustrations and languages understood by most is important when raising awareness on COVID-19, like here, in Malakal. The Upper Nile State task force on COVID-19, supported by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan…

UNAMID photo. Zalingei, 16 July 2020-UNAMID Human Rights and Child Protection Section, distributed hygiene materials and dignity kits to internally displaced women, girls and other vulnerable persons in areas surrounding the…

Internally displaced people at the UN protection site in Bentiu are feeling much safer after the deployment of a joint police force outside its perimeter. A joint police force has been deployed outside the United Nations…

A sports complex in the south-eastern Lebanese village of Kawkaba received a major facelift recently with the support of UNIFIL Indian peacekeepers. Initially established in 2001 by Indian peacekeepers, the Sardar Patel…