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Last week, more than 40 senior members of opposition forces in Diel, Central Upper Nile, gathered during a two-day workshop facilitated by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Their aim was to identify concrete actions to help eliminate conflict-related sexual violence in the area.…

UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 249

A mobile court set up earlier this year by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to try crimes committed in protection of civilian sites in Malakal has concluded its fourth session. “It has given us the chance to prosecute suspects who have committed serious crimes in a fair and…

Heavy downpours brought on by the rainy season have blocked access to roads leading to the greater Mayom area, hindering the delivery of humanitarian assistance to cantonment sites located there. “The roads are in dire conditions because of the rain,” Mayom town council executive director, James…

Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. On 22 September 2019, UNAMID peacekeepers mingled with hundreds of residents of Zalingei town and its suburbs to celebrate the International Day of Peace under the theme: “Climate Action for Peace”. Hundreds of vendors, retailers, students and pupils, native…

Last week, nearly two dozen children were officially released by armed groups in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal region and handed over to the National Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Commission (NDDRC). “My heart is full of joy and my face is shining brighter than the moon,”…

Acting Head of Mission/ Force Commander, Major General Mehari Zewde Gebremariam, flagged off a tree planting campaign and environmental cleaning exercise in Abyei. The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) today in Abyei joined the United Nations family globally to observe the…

UNIFIL today marked the International Day of Peace amidst a ceremony at its headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon, with its head and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col joining the global call for climate action for peace. In his address to the gathering of dignitaries that included…

Faced with muddy quagmires caused by intense flooding, Mongolian peacekeepers have found an innovative way to reach communities in need in the Bentiu region of South Sudan. Trading in their diesel-powered 4-wheel-drives for pedal-powered two-wheeled bicycles, the intrepid peacekeepers made their way…

North-Kivu: MONUSCO on Security Assessment Mission in Samboko-Chani-chani, Beni territory. Sy Koumbo S. Gali On 19 September, MONUSCO security assessment Mission visited Samboko-Chani-chani, an armed groups-invaded district, located roughly 60 km north-west of Beni, along the Beni-Eringeti road…

Pedagogy experts and educationists brought in to south-western Lebanon – at the request of local communities – by UNIFIL’s Italian peacekeepers spent about four months visiting schools and imparting knowledge and skills on educating children. During their time in Lebanon from June to September…