Guterres: "MONUSCO has a very important role to play in the DRC"
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…
António Guterres meets with National Assembly members of the North Kivu Caucus
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…
Antonio Guterres visits Mangina, the first outbreak of the Ebola epidemic in eastern DR Congo
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…
Juba deputy mayor urges residents to engage in keeping city clean after UNMISS campaign
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…
UNMISS organises strategic security meeting in Duk Padiet, Greater Jonglei
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…
Passionate partying as thousands of Yei residents revel in peace concert
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…
An afternoon of dancing and dialogue on peace in Juba
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…
UN peacekeeping assignment: ‘lifetime opportunity’ for female pilot
“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…
Peace partners brainstorm small-scale projects to benefit communities in Eastern Equatoria
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…
UN State Liaison Functions provide Human Rights training to Sudan Police in North Darfur
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…
UNIFIL HoM/FC meets with Lebanese Prime Minister
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…
Conversation will pave the road to peace: open dialogue held in Lui Payam, Western Equatoria
Residents of Lui Payam in Western Equatoria showed up en masse to discuss peace building measures in their area. Community members and government officials gathered by the hundreds under the shade of an ancient tree in Lui…