News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) paid tribute to the Egyptian peacekeeper Sargent Sabry Mohamed Ahmed Hussein who was killed when his convoy was hit by a landmine on April 20, in the region of Mopti. In a solemn ceremony held in the capital Bamako Thursday (25 Apr), United Nations peacekeepers paid…

“We still have more questions than answers in our minds,” admits Peter Boscoe Lotyang, the Speaker of Parliament for Kapoeta in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria region. The revitalized peace agreement, signed in September 2018, serves as the blueprint for the implementation of what needs to be done…

Justice can be hard to come by in countries hit by conflict. To ensure that communities can settle disputes, and see criminals lawfully punished, UN peacekeeping missions support mobile courts, which travel to places where no regular court exists. This may be because court buildings have been…

Sixteen Child Protection Officers and ten Child Protection Focal Points respectively from UNICEF, MINUSCA Child Protection Section and Human Rights Division participated in a workshop organized, from 9 to 13 April 2019 in Bangui, by MINUSCA and Justice Rapid Response (JRR), to strengthen monitoring…

The forum for inclusive reconciliation in the Haute-Kotto ended, Wednesday 24 April in its capital, Bria. A final statement containing seven points was adopted by the participants. As most regions in the Central African Republic, the Haute-Kotto prefecture has suffered the unprecedented military and…

Photo by Mohamed Nureldin. Zalingei, 29 April 2019, Protection of civilians represents UNAMID’s core mandate, as further enshrined in UN Security Council Resolution 2429 (2018), thereby defining the Mission’s Protection of Civilians and Humanitarian Liaison Section’s (PoC/HL) critical Mission-wide…

A free press is essential for peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights. No democracy is complete without access to transparent and reliable information. It is the cornerstone for building fair and impartial institutions, holding leaders accountable and speaking truth to power. This…

The International Support Group for Central Africa (GIS-RCA) held its second meeting on 17th April in Bangui to discuss ways and means for a better implementation of the Khartoum Peace Agreement, in presence of Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra; UN Under Secretary for UN…

On April 8th, the Camp ‘’Bataillon du Soutien et de Service’’ (Camp BSS) of Bangui hosted the launch of the awareness campaign on the new Military Code of Justice to the attention of the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic (FACA) and Internal Security Forces (ISF) personnel. It was…

El-Daien, 01 May 2019 – On 30 April 2019, the African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) concluded the closure and handover of its sector headquarters in El Daien to the State Government of East Darfur. In line with UNAMID’s insistence that the facilities be used for civilian…

SRSG greeted LT COL Andréa Firmo On 25 April 2019, SRSG and Head of MINURSO, Colin Stewart, received in his office in Laayoune (Western Sahara), for a final farewell, Lt. Col. (Br. Ar.) Andrea Lourical Firmo de Araujo. Lt. Col. Firmo de Araujo had just completed her one year tour of duty as a…

Women at a conference in Aweil raised their voices to claim their rights and legitimate participation in decision-making. Women from greater Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal and Warrap are calling for their rights to be heard and duly respected, and for full participation in the peacebuilding process in…