Peacekeeping news

Were it not for the sacrifices of United Nations peacekeepers, humanitarians and other personnel, the people who needed urgent support in the most difficult and dangerous environments would have experienced greater suffering…

Assistant Secretary-General Bintou Keita wrapped up her four-day visit to South Sudan with a press conference in Juba. There is a need for “all South Sudanese stakeholders to engage genuinely and constructively in finding a…

Smiles were everywhere when UNMISS handed over a life-saving solar-powered lighting system to Juba Teaching Hospital. Nurses, doctors and other staff at Juba Teaching Hospital are no longer afraid when they scurry between…

UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force (MTF) recently carried out an exercise off the coast of Jounieh, north of Beirut, together with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Navy in order to enhance the cooperation and coordination between…

As one of its quick impact projects, UNMISS is financing the construction of a dormitory at Rumbek National Secondary School. Photo: UNMISS/Eric Kanalstein For the young women of Rumbek, education is a lifeline. It offers…

Two hundred and seven child soldiers have been released by armed groups in South Sudan, part of a series of planned discharges that should see nearly 1,000 children return home over the coming months.

Those who committed the most serious crimes in Syria must be identified, and criminal case files must be built as the basis for prosecutions, the head of a United Nations body assisting these efforts said Wednesday.

A renewed United Nations-led diplomatic push is under way for a “meaningful relaunch” of intra-Syrian talks by the Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, his office has announced.

Without the engaging company of Radio Miraya's programming travelling on the roads in Eastern Lakes is likely to feel rather cumbersome. During a six-day-long patrol, staff members of the UN Mission in South Sudan were told…

In the coming months, almost 1,000 children are expected to be released from different armed groups. Photo (UNMISS/Amanda Voisard) from a release ceremony in Yambio in February 2018. On Tuesday 17 April, more than 200…

The United Nations and the League of Arab States on Tuesday signed an agreement on working together to tackle terrorism – previewing the type of partnerships the UN hopes to forge in June at a gathering of counter-terrorism…