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Establishing policing to serve communities | Simon Blatchly, Police Commissioner
Simon Blatchly, UNMIL Police Commissioner Photo: Albert G. Farran | UNMIL | 17 Jan 18 Simon Blatchly, UNMIL’s Police Commissioner, is a senior police officer from the United Kingdom and served as the Chief of the Mission…
UNISFA reflects on the Rwanda genocide
On 9 April 2018, the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) uniformed personnel and civilian staff reflected on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda with a walk, messages of reconciliation and…
Bentiu residents committed to working with UNMISS to implement new mandate
Efforts to explain the new mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan and build trust and confidence with the community are underway with the first of a series of workshops held in Bentiu. The United Nations…
'The primacy of politics' | Olubukola Akin Arowobusoye, Chief of Political Affairs
Abraham, a resident of Monrovia’s sprawling slum Westpoint, relaxes on Sundays with his treasured book and the sports pages of a local newspaper.Photo: K. Leigh Robinson | 12 Nov 17 The outgoing Chief of the Political Affairs…
Displaced South Sudanese begin to return to villages in Eastern Equatoria
Refugees who fled ongoing violence are beginning to return to the villages of Bungu and Ganji in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan in the hope of rebuilding their homes and planting their crops before the rainy…
Schoolchildren visit UNIFIL HQ
About 70 children from a public school in Houla in south-eastern Lebanon visited UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura, during which they were briefed on the work of the peacekeeping mission, last week. During the 5 April visit…
Indian peacekeepers rebuild damaged classrooms in Bor
Indian peacekeepers have repaired two classrooms at a primary school in Bor in South Sudan to ensure that children in the conflict-affected area are able to carry out their studies safely and in some comfort. On a patrol to…
We are All Human Beings, We All Have Equal Rights, say Youth in Torit
The group of young people gathered under the shady tree in Torit are holding signs reading “American”, “German”, “South Sudanese”, “Woman”, “Man”, “Rich”, “Poor”, “Muslim”, “Christian”. The teenagers are asked to reach out…
UN Security Council urges an end to recurring cycles of instability in Africa’s Great Lakes region
The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called for an end to the recurring cycles of violence and instability in Africa’s Great Lakes region, as a senior UN official reported that some armed groups are continuing…