Unaisi Bolatolu-Vuniwaqa, a national of Fiji, is the first-ever female Police Commissioner serving the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. It is a long way from her home on the beautiful Pacific island of Fiji to the…
"South Sudan peace" was the theme for participants in the UNMISS Art for Peace contest in Juba. A blank canvas. Imagination, pencils and brushes in motion. “I remember seeing how happy my father was when South Sudan gained…
El Fasher, 24 May 2018 – The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) expresses deep concern about recent attacks on three different internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Central Darfur state…
On 5 March 2018, the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and UN Women organized the eighth United Nations Global Open Day on Women, Peace and Security in Kosovo, which focused on women’s political participation. Global…
A “holistic approach” is needed to the address peace and security challenges in Africa’s vast Sahel region, a senior United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council on Wednesday, calling for more investment in…
All smiles as UNMISS on Tuesday 22 May donated a much-needed car to the police in Rumbek, Western Lakes. Criminals in Rumbek and surroundings, beware. On Tuesday the United Nation Mission in South Sudan donated a car to the…
Photo by Mutaz Munafal, UNAMID. UNAMID Gender Advisory Unit (GAU), in collaboration with the South Darfur State Ministry for Social Affairs (MoSA) recently concluded a two-day workshop to establish Women’s Protection Networks…
22 May 2018 - UNMISS PoC sites Update No.197. South Korean peacekeepers diverting water from the flooded UNMISS protection site in Bor on 13 May. 22 May 2018 - UNMISS PoC sites Update No.197
Priests and members of their congregations wept as they prayed for political leaders negotiating in Addis Ababa to compromise and work together for peace. The pain of the people of South Sudan who have endured five years of…
SRSG Zahir Tanin welcomed the Head of Liaison Office of Greece, Ambassador Chryssoula Aliferi, at UNMIK Headquarters on 21 May 2018. Ambassador Aliferi and the SRSG discussed latest developments in Kosovo and the region…
Soon inmates of the prison in Cueibet in the Greater Lakes region will have a fence around them, a new ablution unit and two refurbished cells for night-time use. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan together with the…
