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New Peace Centre opened in Bor, South Sudan
UNMISS and local officials pause for a group photo at the opening of the Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology Peace Centre in Bor. The Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology in…
UNAMID hands over vehicles, containers and furniture to the Sudanese Police Force
Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. As part of UNAMID’s continued efforts to improve the capacity of the local police and law enforcement institutions in Darfur, the Mission on 13 November 2018 handed over 39 vehicles, 123…
UN chief condemns killing of ‘blue helmets’ in DR Congo, as violence erupts prior to elections
United Nations Secretary-General António Gutteres condemned the killing of seven peacekeepers on Wednesday serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is also confronting a lethal Ebola outbreak. His…
Sahel States need international support ‘now more than ever’– UN peacekeeping chief
Africa’s crisis-torn Sahel region needs support from the international community “now more than ever,” the head of United Nations peacekeeping operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, told the Security Council on Thursday. In a…
FARDC and MONUSCO launch joint operations against ADF
Kinshasa, 15 November 2018 - In response to regular attacks on the civilian population in the Beni area, the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic…
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the killing of peacekeepers in the DRC
The Secretary-General condemns the killing of six Malawian and one Tanzanian peacekeepers of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in Beni territory, North…
Jonglei pastoralist: “These peacekeepers saved my cows”
Imagine living in a landlocked country, yet susceptible to succumbing to a calamitous, ocean-longing-inducing disease called East Coast fever. Such is the ironic fate of many an African cow, not least in South Sudan’s Greater…
Security Council press statement on attack against peacekeepers from United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated on 22 February 2019 against a vehicle carrying peacekeepers from MINUSMA near Siby (region of Bamako), which resulted in 3…
VOICES OF COURAGE: Women volunteers paving the road for sustainable peace in Mali
My name is Ayaba Lonlon Vendome. I am from Togo. I started serving as a volunteer in August 2016. My role as an Operations Officer in the Regional Joint Operation Center (RJOC) in MINUSMA mainly consists of gathering and…
153 schoolchildren visit UNIFIL HQ
UNIFIL peacekeepers today hosted in its headquarters in Naqoura more than 150 children from a local school as a way of strengthening the Mission’s relation with the communities. The Mission’s Civil Affairs Office and Military…