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- International Day of Peace
Acting Head of Mission/ Force Commander, Major General Mehari Zewde Gebremariam, flagged off a tree planting campaign and environmental cleaning exercise in Abyei. The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA)…
- International Day of Peace
UNIFIL today marked the International Day of Peace amidst a ceremony at its headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon, with its head and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col joining the global call for climate action…
Last week, nearly two dozen children were officially released by armed groups in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal region and handed over to the National Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Commission (NDDRC).…
- International Day of Peace
Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. On 22 September 2019, UNAMID peacekeepers mingled with hundreds of residents of Zalingei town and its suburbs to celebrate the International Day of Peace under the theme: “Climate Action for…
Last week, more than 40 senior members of opposition forces in Diel, Central Upper Nile, gathered during a two-day workshop facilitated by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Their aim was to identify concrete…
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 249
A mobile court set up earlier this year by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to try crimes committed in protection of civilian sites in Malakal has concluded its fourth session. “It has given us the chance to…
Heavy downpours brought on by the rainy season have blocked access to roads leading to the greater Mayom area, hindering the delivery of humanitarian assistance to cantonment sites located there. “The roads are in dire…
Faced with muddy quagmires caused by intense flooding, Mongolian peacekeepers have found an innovative way to reach communities in need in the Bentiu region of South Sudan. Trading in their diesel-powered 4-wheel-drives for…
A state of mind. An elusive dream. Hard-fought with many casualties. Agreed on. Waiting to happen. Partially achieved. Already here. The progress of peace, it seems, is a matter of perceptions. In South Sudan in 2019, peace…
Photo by Rihab Hassan, UNAMID. From 12 – 13 September 2019, the UN State Liaison Functions (SLFs) at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Darfur State in collaboration with the Judiciary in the State organized…
