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Just about everyone with a say in the South Sudanese peace process was present when International Peace Day was celebrated in Juba. Photo: Isaac Billy/UNMISS In South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation and a place where the…

Disarmament, Demobilization and Community Reintegration: Life After Fighting. Photo MONUSCO/DDR Moussa Abdula was 20 years old when he joined a Mai-Mai self-defense group, before being recruited by the M23 rebel group in…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Caroline Ziadeh, met with the President of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova at UNMIK. SRSG Ziadeh and Judge Trendafilova…

Several messages were launched by blue helmets to the participants and the local communities, in particular highlighting the need to focus on peace and to refuse to join armed groups. / Photos MONUSCO It is with students and…

On 21 September, Slovak peacekeepers assembled in Camp of General Stefanik in Famagusta to mark International Day of Peace. At the ceremony, First Lieutenant Mário Hnát read a message from UNFICY’s Force Commander, Major…

Lieutenant Colonel Vishwanath Channamallappa Gundagi from India, wanting to give children a couple of hours of happiness a day, bought and handed over 100 footballs to boys and girls in Western Equatoria State. Football is…

Law enforcement agents inspecting their new HQ in Gumuruk, recently handed over to the community by UNMISS. Photos: Mach Samuel/UNMISS GREATER PIBOR- To be effective, law enforcement agencies need to be both present and…

The UN Deputy Military Advisor, Major-General Maureen O’Brien (Ireland), arrived on 12 September from UN Headquarters for a three-week visit to MINURSO. It’s not General O’Brien’s first time in Western Sahara. As a young…

Participants from three counties in Lakes State sign a document with agreed-on resolutions to reduce intercommunal tensions. Photo: James Mawien Manyuol/UNMISS LAKES- Cattle thefts and the revenge attacks often carried out by…