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South-Kivu province : MONUSCO Has Provided the Provincial Government with Equipment to Fight COVID-19. PHOTO MONUSCO/Alain Likota To back the provincial government’s efforts to fitht the coronavirus disease, MONUSCO donated equipment and materials to the South-Kivu provincial government on July 17…

North Kivu : MONUSCO engages in a vegetable growing project in favor of vulnerable persons. Photo MONUSCO/Kevin Jordan At a stone's throw from the city-center of Goma, a garden of around 300 square meters shelters a few flower beds, namely germiners for vegetable plants. It is in the Lac Vert…

Misinformation damages quality of life. This was just one key joint message of a media literacy campaign spearheaded by Kosovo-Albanian and Kosovo-Serbian journalists who came together to amplify the messages. Over the past five months the Centre for Communities’ Development and KoSSev portal…

Thousands of UNIFIL peacekeepers, like Lt. Jorge Tejada from Spain, have been contributing to consolidate peace and stability in south Lebanon since 2006. His patrol unit operates daily around the Marjayoun district and in the rest of their 78 square kilometer area of responsibility, and along the…

Women in Wau taught tailoring skills by Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving with UNMISS. You may reckon that uniformed UN peacekeepers and sewing machines is an unlikely combination. Think again. Bangladeshi soldiers based in Wau have just finished a three-month-long training of 16 local women…

UNMISS hands over two vehicles to the State COVID-19 Task Force in Bentiu; these are intended to facilitate the movement of frontline health workers and patients. As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has ceaselessly…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) paid its last respects to Sergeant Major Edouard Nsabiyaremye, a peacekeeper from the Rwandan contingent who passed away on 13 June 2020 during an ambush by the armed group Retour…

UNISFA’s Acting Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Mehari Gebremariam, presents the key of a Toyota Landcruiser to the new Juba Appointed Chief Administrator. The gift of the vehicle is part of the Mission’s overall support to the Ministry of Health of the host community in combating…

Photo by Mohammed Idriss, UNAMID. Zalingei, 22 July 2020-UNAMID’s Communications and Public Information Section (CPIS), in partnership with the Central Darfur Disabled Union (CDDU), on 20 July commemorated Nelson Mandela International Day at the CDDU Headquarters in Zalingei, capital of Central…

UNMISS peacekeepers from Bangladesh vaccinate livestock and distribute hygiene kits among local communities in Wau to ensure the safety of people and their animals during COVID-19. Cattle rearing is a source of livelihood for many communities across South Sudan. Recognizing the economic importance…

MONUSCO regrets the death of the United Nations Police sector leader in Kinshasa. The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) learned with great sadness of the passing away of the leader of the Kinshasa United Nations Police (UNPOL) sector…

Kasaï : MONUSCO Facilitates the Holding of Mobile Court Hearings to Decongest Prisons in Tshikapaa. Photo MONUSCO/Moïse Ndayambaje To ease crowding in the Tshikapa prisons and strengthen the rule of law, MONUSCO provided technical and financial support to the military court of the former Kasai…