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Knowing how to prevent, mitigate or resolve conflicts is important for everyone, including community leaders and others staying at the UNMISS protection of civilians site in Malakal. Photos: Nyang Touch/UNMISS UPPER NILE-…

Juba, 12 October 2022 – Engineers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and humanitarian partners have managed to repair flooding-induced breaches of dykes that protect an internally displaced persons camp…

The sweet joy of graduating from a vocational skills training is there for all to see. Photo: Moses Yakudu/UNMISS EASTERN EQUATORIA- Animal husbandry, carpentry, baking, tailoring, bricklaying – you name the skill and there…

Shabunda Equipped with Water Collection and Distribution Network by MONUSCO. Photo MONUSCO/DDRRR The administrator of the Shabunda territory, Feruzi Bimpa, inaugurated on September 26, 2022, the water collection and…

Ituri :Young Girls in Bunia Sensitized Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse /Jean-Tobie Okala “This activity helped us to broaden our knowledge and better understand what sexual exploitation is and how to prevent it. Before…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, welcomed the French Ambassador Mr. Olivier Guérot, at UNMIK Headquarters. They discussed recent political developments, including the…

Amidst ongoing troop rotations in Mopti, women peacekeepers serving with the Pakistani contingent reflect back on their multiple achievements with pride. Pakistan is one of the longest-serving and largest troops and police…

Komanda: Gradual Resumption of Activities Thanks to Joint Action FARDC and MONUSCO. Photo MONUSCO A little over a year ago, Komanda, the administrative capital of the Basili chiefdom, 80 km from Bunia, in the territory of…

Children in Abara were lining up, impatiently, one would assume, for access to their new, UNMISS-funded secondary school. Photos: Moses Yakudu/UNMISS EASTERN EQUATORIA- Youth in remote Abara are celebrating, and with good…

Deputy Heads of MONUSCO, Khassim Diagne and Bruno Lemarquis, in Interaction with the Population in South Kivu. Photo MONUSCO/Sy Koumbo The two deputy special representatives of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, Khassim…

Residents of until recently squabbling communities in Ikotos County had lots to tell a visiting delegation, which included UN peacekeepers. Photos: Okello James/UNMISS EASTERN EQUATORIA- A four-month-long conflict among the…

The UN Secretary-General has expressed his deep sadness over the death of three peacekeepers from Bangladesh who were killed on Monday in the Central African Republic (CAR), following a roadside bomb explosion near the border…