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Photo by Hamid Abdulsalam, UNAMID. UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR), Jeremiah Mamabolo, on 23 January led a Mission delegation to Golo town, central Darfur where they met with Central Jebel Marra Locality Commissioner, Jafar Mohammed, locality security committee members, Native…

After 10 Chadian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were killed in a terrorist attack on 20 January, the UN chief of peace operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, went to N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, to pay tribute to them on Monday in a ceremony organised by the…

On 28 January 2019, Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, met with Major General Lorenzo D’ Addario, the Commander of KFOR, at Camp Film City. SRSG Tanin and Major General D’ Addario exchanged views security on general situation in Kosovo, with specific…

It’s been four long years since His Majesty Kongo Dak Padiet occupied his throne in his kingdom, situated in Fashoda, north of South Sudan. The last contact he had with the UN mission was during his evacuation to Juba, in the heat of the conflict. But now, the king is back! And he is reaching out to…

Health workers in South Sudan’s Gbudue area are being vaccinated against Ebola, as neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) battles one of the biggest outbreaks of the virus that causes hemorrhagic fever, with an estimated 50% mortality rate. The vaccination campaign was launched on Monday in…

Returnees in the Jonglei area have advocated the setting up of land dispute commissions to assist in arbitration and mediation that would ensure that land is returned to its rightful owners. The former refugees and internally displaced persons were speaking at the end of a consultative workshop on…

UNIFIL’s Indian peacekeepers this week started English language course for a group of young women of Souk Al Khan in their area of responsibility in south-eastern Lebanon. The six-week course, for which 23 women have registered so far, kicked off at the Centre for Care and Development and will…

A medical team of UNIFIL’s Indian Battalion has saved the life of a toddler who had been badly burnt in a fire incident in Kafar Chouba, south-eastern Lebanon. The Indian peacekeepers continued providing free medical assistance to the three-year-old boy, Ali Sad Udin, who suffered burns on his face…

When the announcement is first made that the Shilluk king is on his way back to his kingdom in Fashoda, and that a courtesy call is being planned, at first, it’s just “another” story. As the day draws nigh and the excitement levels heighten, suddenly it’s all too real. This is as close as some of us…

A newly-cleared mine field was turned into an arena for a big bang today, as the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) demolished a 100kg air-dropped bomb in South Sudan, marking its one millionth destruction of explosive items in the world’s youngest nation. “Today, UNMAS, the National Mine…

The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has been extended for 6 months, as a result of a Security Council Resolution unanimously adopted on Wednesday. The move comes at a time when reunification talks between the two divided halves of the island are at an impasse, following the…

Discussions described in a joint statement as “open, cordial and frank”, took place on Wednesday, between Somalia’s top two politicians and the UN political and peacebuilding affairs chief, in the capital Mogadishu. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, welcomed…