16 January 2018, Monrovia – The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIL, Farid Zarif, co-chaired the 2nd official celebration of the Economic Community of West African States…
Voicing serious concern over the continued political impasse and violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations Security Council has called upon all political actors to exercise maximum restraint…
UN peacekeepers from the Indian battalion based in Malakal have provided urgent veterinary assistance to livestock owners in Akoka, some sixty-five kilometres north-east of the state capital. During the camp, livestock owners…
UN peacekeepers organized fun-day for displaced children in Bentiu Peacekeepers from Ghana have organized a “fun-day” for displaced children in a protection site in Bentiu in northern South Sudan. Various games and a dance…
12 January 2018, Monrovia - UNMIL handed over items and equipment to the Liberia National Police (LNP) and the Liberia Immigration Services (LIS) through an Integrated Border Management (IBM) project and the Community…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, was shocked by the murder of Oliver Ivanović – leader of the civic initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice – near his office in North…
Peacekeepers from UNIFIL’s French-led Force Commander’s Reserve (FCR) installed a new water tank in the public school of the village of Ash Sh’Aytiah (Kneiseh School) in south Lebanon last week. The 60 cubic metre tank will…
UNMISS and the Inter-State Coordinating Committee organized a forum on cattle migration to reduce tensions between farmers and pastoralists on 10 January 2018. The cattle migration season in South Sudan brings conflicts…
The newly established Group of Friends of children in armed conflict would agree that a classroom, not a battle field, is the right place for children to be. (Photo from St. Comboni Secondary School in Juba). The United…
For Samuel James Ayot, a villager from Akoka in rural north South Sudan, accessing basic services and earning a livelihood does not mean having to make a perilous neck-deep wade across a river, thanks to the tireless efforts…
Joint statement by the Chairperson of the African Union and the Secretary-General of United Nations on the situation in South Sudan, 12 January 2018. Joint statement of the African Union and the United Nations on the…