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Many people, some in Eastern Equatoria, still need constant reminders of proper behaviour to prevent COVID-19. To further increase awareness on how to keep communities safe from COVID-19, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has reached an agreement with local authorities in Eastern Equatoria…

UN peacekeepers increasing awareness on COVID-19 in communities in Warrap. Attentive cattle could also benefit from the information. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has embarked on a 14-day-long door-to-door awareness campaign on COVID-19 to reach individual households in Warrap…

UNMIK has completed its second phase of a Kosovo-wide donation campaign, delivering personal protective equipment packages to 33 municipalities totaling: 1381 boxes of gloves (50 pairs in each box) and 2000 boxes of masks (50 in each box), as well as 387 tablet computers. After an initial two-week…

Comfy beds, plenty of space and solar-powered lights await possible COVID-19 patients at the new isolation centre in Mayen-Gumel, Warrap State. By handing over two cars and assisting in creating a dedicated isolation centre for patients with COVID-19, the Kuajok Field Office of the United Nations…

Photo by SUDO. Zalingei, 12 July 2020- UNAMID’s Governance and Community Stabilization Section (GCSS), in collaboration with the Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO), successfully concluded the implementation of a second COVID-19 prevention and peaceful co-existence awareness raising…

An UNMISS-financed police station being inaugurated in Rubkona County, Unity State. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has handed over a new police station to Rubkona County in Unity State. The facility is equipped with an administrative office and separate holding cells for female, male and…

After a donation of an assortment of protective gear against COVID-19, South Sudanese police officers are better placed to keep themselves and those they interact with safe. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, represented by its Police Commissioner Unaisi Vuniwaqa, has handed over an…

The UNMISS COVID-19 communications toolbox is huge. In fact, even a tricycle fits, like here, in rural Western Equatoria. By foot, by car, and now by tricycle. Whatever it takes to get the message out about how to prevent COVID-19, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan will do it…

NELSON MANDELA INTERNATIONAL DAY Each year, on Nelson’s Mandela’s birthday, we pay tribute to an extraordinary global advocate for equality, dignity and solidarity. Madiba was a moral giant of the 20th century, whose timeless legacy continues to guide us today. The theme of Nelson Mandela…

On a tour of eight voter registration centres in Bangui on Saturday, 11 July 2020, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (DSRSG) and Humanitarian Coordinator, Denise Brown, called for more women at the polls as preparations for elections in the Central…

Civilians’ Protection: The Civil Society in Mamove Applauds Continuous Efforts by MONUSCO and FARDC. Photo MONUSCO/Michael ALI MONUSCO Civil Affairs delegation, led by its Deputy Coordinator, Merault Ahouangansi, visited Mamove, 57 km north of Beni, in North Kivu province, on July 9 where in…

Attack on Civilian Convoy in Fataki Foiled by MONUSCO and FARDC. Photo MONUSCO/Force With the support of the Congolese National Police (PNC) and Uruguayan peacekeepers of MONUSCO, the Congolese army (FARDC), foiled Friday 10 July 2020 an attack by Codeco militiamen against a large convoy of civilian…