Peacekeeping news

Disputes over grazing land, cattle-raiding, revenge killings, a proliferation of guns in the hands of civilians and hate speech are all contributing to a spate of violent clashes in the Tonj region of South Sudan. Political…

Chiefs in the Aweil region of South Sudan have learnt the difference between using traditional justice processes and the need to refer criminal cases to legal courts during a human rights workshop organized by the United…

Modern and traditional singers as well as comedians spiced up an advocacy for peace event in Yambio designed to educate local communities about the revitalized agreement and to encourage them to be ambassadors for peace…

Female members of the Bangladeshi military contingent serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan are inspiring women in the communities they serve to consider a career in the country’s security forces. Fifteen…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Mr. Zahir Tanin, met the Ambassador of Norway, Mr. Jens Erik Grøndahl, at UNMIK Headquarters on 31 January 2020. SRSG Tanin and Ambassador Grøndahl…

UNAMID photo. From 7 to 22 January, more than 140 residents, mostly youth from the Khor Abeche Camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in south Darfur, participated in a UNAMID supported training project on the molding…

South-Kivu, RDC, 4 January 2020 - The first ever Pakistani Female Engagement team in any United Nations (UN) mission around the world received UN medals for serving in the Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of…

A young soldier wearing a simple singlet and shorts stands proudly to attention amidst fellow troops at morning parade. But he soon struggles to maintain his upright posture, clutching his stomach and bending over, as heavy…

More than 100 young people who have been displaced by intercommunal conflict in Gogrial will receive training to develop new skills so they can support themselves as part of an initiative funded by the United Nations Mission…

Wildlife officers in Wau have developed a better understanding of how to protect and respect human rights after a three-day training workshop conducted by police officers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan…

Photo by Koné Mouroulaye, UNAMID. El Fasher, north Darfur; The Joint Field Committee (JFC), consisting of the Transitional Government of Sudan (TGoS) and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF)- Darfur Track in partnership with…

Construction has begun on the first secondary school in the Kuron peace village in Kapoeta as part of a special project funded by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to support the peace process. “It is our hope that…