News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Zalingei, 14 July 2020- UNAMID is deeply concerned about the violent incidents that erupted in Kutum town on 12 July and the attack by unidentified armed men on the Fata Borno IDP Camp on the morning of 13 July 2020 which left 9 IDPs dead and 20 injured. The Mission condemns the loss of life, and…

UN police officers are conducting a COVID-19 awareness-raising campaign in Eastern Equatoria. Fear of contracting COVID-19, combined with a lack of protective gear, has put an end to patrols conducted by Police Community Relations Committees in Eastern Equatoria State. The resulting void has been…

As part of our ongoing COVID-19 response activities, UNMIK's Justice Section has delivered hygiene and personal protective equipment to correctional facilities and courts across Kosovo. Secretariat of Judiciary Council of Kosovo director Shkelzen Maliqi said the amount donated would be enough to…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on 13 July 2020 by alleged Return, Reclamation and Rehabilitation (3R) armed elements against a convoy of the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in Gedze…

UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana handing over medications for children to a health facility in Aweil East County. Peacekeepers from Ghana serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have made a timely donation of twenty different kinds of medicines for children to the Akuem health facility…

UNAMID photo. Zalingei, 16 July 2020-UNAMID Human Rights and Child Protection Section, distributed hygiene materials and dignity kits to internally displaced women, girls and other vulnerable persons in areas surrounding the Mission’s Temporary Operating Base (TOB) in Golo, Central Darfur. The…

Internally displaced people at the UN protection site in Bentiu are feeling much safer after the deployment of a joint police force outside its perimeter. A joint police force has been deployed outside the United Nations Protection of Civilians site in Bentiu to improve security in the wake of…

A sports complex in the south-eastern Lebanese village of Kawkaba received a major facelift recently with the support of UNIFIL Indian peacekeepers. Initially established in 2001 by Indian peacekeepers, the Sardar Patel Sports Complex – named after a founding father of the Republic of India –…

Abyei, 15 July 2020 – The attention of United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is drawn to a news story by Radio Debanga captioned ‘Peacekeeper killed in Southern Sudan”, in which a UNISFA peacekeeper is said to have been shot dead in Sudan. at Kadugli, Southern Kordofan, on Monday…

Using illustrations and languages understood by most is important when raising awareness on COVID-19, like here, in Malakal. The Upper Nile State task force on COVID-19, supported by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and other partners, has been raising awareness about how to prevent the…

70 members of the marginalized and vulnerable group of sex workers, represented by their association in the Central African Republic (CAR), attended an educational session on preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) organized by the Ministry for the Promotion of Women, Family and Child…

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 International Day is “Take action, inspire…