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Security and jobs provided by joint SEMA, EU, HALO and UNMAS project Mogadishu, 16 December 2021 – A long-running project to clear two districts – Dhabad and Galdogob – of landmines in Galmadug and Puntland, in northern Somalia, is coming to an end this month, leaving millions of square metres of…

[English] Basra, 24 October 2022 – Two Iraqi members of a team working for a United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) implementing partner were killed and a third was injured in an incident at an explosive ordnance clearance site at Shatt al-Arab near Basra in southern Iraq today. The incident…

The Government of Sweden extends its support to explosive hazards management activities in Iraq Baghdad, 2 October 2023: The Government of Sweden contributed an additional 10 million Swedish Krona (SEK) (USD 898,133.84) to the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in support of the humanitarian…

In Gaza, Where Every Step Can Be Deadly, Disability-Inclusive Humanitarian Mine Action Saves Lives On 22 June 2025, as displaced families gathered in the street to learn how to keep their children safe from explosive hazards, 43-year-old father Nimr approached an UNMAS-trained Risk Education Officer…

This afternoon, the Mission retrieved the fallen soldier’s body and is undertaking preparations for transfer to Bangui.

Arriving in Bangui on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 to reaffirm the commitment of the organization to the authorities and people of the Central African Republic and to support the government in achieving sustainable development goals (SDG), the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Peter…

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack perpetrated by suspected anti-Balaka against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on 8 May, on the Rafai-Bangassou axis, in the south east of the Central African…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) is deeply saddened to confirm that three of the four peacekeepers that were missing in action since yesterday’s attack have been found dead. The fourth peacekeeper remains missing in action…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) strongly condemns the attack on one of its convoys Monday night, near Bangassou (474 km east of Bangui). The convoy, which had left Rafai for Bangassou, was targeted by armed elements at…

Journalists go to the most dangerous places to give voice to the voiceless. Media workers suffer character assassination, sexual assault, detention, injuries and even death. We need leaders to defend a free media. This is crucial to counter prevailing misinformation. And we need everyone to stand…

Consistent with the Secretary-General’s commitment to transparency and zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) across the United Nations and in peacekeeping operations in particular, the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and UN Agencies…

MINUSCA has learned with dismay the attack on one of its staff while performing her duties on Tuesday morning in Bambari (Central CAR). MINUSCA’s official was wounded in the head while her team went to the village of Bornou to investigate the death of an individual. The MINUSCA convoy was targeted…