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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 the DRC. UNSG paid tribute to all fallen UN troops for the cause of peace in…

Guterres: "MONUSCO has a very important role to play in the DRC". Photo UN/Martine Perret "MONUSCO has a very important role to play in the DRC," UN Secretary-General said on 1 September 2019, the second day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, speaking on the future of the peacekeeping…

António Guterres meets with National Assembly members of the North Kivu Caucus. Photo MONUSCO/Sy Koumbo Visiting Goma, North Kivu, this Sunday, September 1, 2019, UN Secretary-General António Guterres had an exchange with National Assembly members of the Nord Kivu Caucus on security issues and the…

Antonio Guterres visits Mangina, the first outbreak of the Ebola epidemic in eastern DR Congo. Photo MONUSCO/Marylene Seguy United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Mangina this Sunday, September 1, 2019, as part of a 72-hour visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Mangina…

UNMISS staff contributing to keeping Juba clean. Equipped with shovels and broomsticks, some 800 national and international peacekeepers deployed along one of Juba’s main city streets on the weekend. Their efforts resulted in almost a thousand filled garbage bags, destined for the capital’s main…

Some 2,000 people, many in uniforms, met in Duk Padiet as UNMISS facilitated a peace-promoting security meeting. The governor of Jonglei and officials from the wider region met on Friday for a one-day open security forum in Duk Padiet to promote peace and reconciliation among neighbouring…

Evergreen Emmanuel Kembe launched his latest tune "One Peace, One People" in front of a jubilant crowd in Yei. It was like a rumble of thunder and flashes of lightning when the “One peace, One people” concert kicked off at the Freedom Square in Yei, with plenty of sweat dripping down the foreheads…

Panel members speak at the "Neighbourhood Advocacy for Peace" event. “Building Durable Peace Together” was the slogan of a lively and informative neighbourhood-wide advocacy initiative held this past Saturday at the Zain football field in the Gudele area of Juba. The event, made possible by combined…

“Working on a UN peacekeeping mission is a lifetime opportunity because it gives me a chance to interact with people from different countries with different norms and cultures. As a female peacekeeper, I feel proud and grateful that I have the time to work with other female and male peacekeepers…

The Relief Reintegration and Protection Unit of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has recently held a series of meetings with youths, local chiefs, civil society, and authorities in Opari and Nimule, Eastern Equatoria to identify the most needed and wanted quick impact projects to…

Photo by Abdel Nasser Taha, UNAMID. UN State Liaison Functions (SLFs) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in north Darfur, recently concluded two Human Rights training programmes held in north Darfur state capital, El Fasher. The latest training course for 30 participants from Sudan…

In the wake of the serious incident along the Blue Line on 1 September that occurred amidst mounting tension following developments outside the UNIFIL area of operations, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Stefano Del Col today called on Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut…