Let us talk about peace: Church leaders preach forgiveness and reconciliation at Bentiu concert
Before armed conflict erupted in South Sudan in 2013, Reverend John Manyang from the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church was leading five churches in the Unity area. With conflict, came destruction of church property…
Children and armed conflict: South Sudan making progress in Equatoria, UN mission finds
A recent mission to establish whether there were children in the armed forces in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria region has returned a clean scoresheet, as not a single child was found within the ranks of both the opposition…
UN Police train Wau prisons officers on human rights issues
Major Fidel Hawa has been working as a senior corrections officer at the South Sudan Jubilant Centre in the Wau area for years, despite her limited knowledge of gender-specific needs and the human rights of prisoners.…
Bangladeshi peacekeepers boost education in Wau neighbourhoods
Agany Malek, a resident in the Awiel Jedid area of Wau and parent of a local primary school pupil, couldn’t hold back his excitement at seeing a pile of new textbooks, teaching materials and extra-curriculum items stacked up…
UNIFIL pays tribute to fallen Spanish peacekeeper
UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) today paid their last tribute to a Spanish peacekeeper who lost his life yesterday morning while serving for peace in south Lebanon. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major…
UNAMID and FAO sign MoU to combat inter-communal violence in Darfur
Photo by Mohammed Elhadi, UNAMID. On 28 August 2019, UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR), Jeremiah Mamabolo and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Country Representative in Sudan, Mr. Babagana Ahmadu, signed a…
African Union airlifts tents in support of cantonment process
With less than three months left until the new deadline for forming a unified transitional government for the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan is amassing all the support it can get to make sure the process goes smoothly…
STATEMENT BY THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
On the occasion of the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Zahir Tanin reiterated the UN’s commitment to supporting efforts to…
Memories of the missing – 20 years of hurt
Fetije Mirena still dreams of her husband, whose remains have never been fully recovered 20 years after he went missing. “Sometimes I dream of him, but he just turns his back and tells me: ‘Stay there, you are fine’.” He only…
UNIFIL statement on today’s incidents along the Blue Line
At about 5:00 p.m. today UNIFIL was informed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that an anti-tank missile had been fired from the vicinity of Marun Ar Ras in southern Lebanon at an IDF vehicle in the Avivim area, south of the…
António Guterres: "Combating Ebola requires freedom of movement, access, security"
António Guterres: "Combating Ebola requires freedom of movement, access, security". Photo MONUSCO/Marylene Seguy On the 2nd day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on…
UN chief pays tribute to the fallen peacekeepers for the cause of peace in DRC
UN chief pays tribute to the fallen peacekeepers for the cause of peace in DRC. Photo UN/Martine Perret UN Secretary-General António Guterres arrived on Sunday, September 1, 2019 in Beni, North Kivu on a three-day visit to…