News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar, UNMISS Force Commander, recently visited the temporary operating base in Koch, Unity State. Preventing conflict from breaking out or swiftly mitigating its effects on innocent civilians by establishing temporary bases in hotspots is a key priority of the United…

Editors of media outlets and members of civil society in the Central African Republic (CAR) were invited to an awareness-raising session on combating disinformation held in Bangui on 14-15 June. Disinformation and “fake news” are becoming increasingly widespread in the CAR, exacerbated by new…

Defense forces, soldiers from nearby countries and other security personnel have been fighting an “asymmetric war” against armed groups, sparking an “unprecedented humanitarian crisis”, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday. Mankeur Ndiaye, CAR Special…

And the girls are marching in, to a sports for peace tournament in Warrap State. Photos: Manyang Mayom/UNMISS Sports unite, they say. Football, the beautiful game and undisputed king as the most popular sport in the world, definitely does. The proof? Look no further than South Sudan’s Warrap State…

UN Photos / Haidar Fahs UNIFIL Sector West Command and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) yesterday opened a newly renovated medical facility with UNIFIL support within the main LAF barracks in Tyre, south Lebanon. The facility, refurbished with financial support from UNIFIL’s Italian Battalion…

Sometimes, happiness is being given a proper football kit. Photos: James Sokiri/UNMISS Ever wondered what equipment that would be needed to prepare twelve teams for a football tournament? Of course you have, and here’s the correct answer: 288 kits of jerseys and shorts, 288 pairs of adequate…

The Deputy Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the Central African Republic, Lizbeth Cullity, met with 80 beneficiaries of MINUSCA’s Community Violence Reduction (CVR) Programme, at two training centres – the Bon Berger School in PK5 and the Local Committee for Peace & Reconciliation in…

Sharing their experiences from different realms of civil society and government, on 23 June, the United Nations family in Kosovo hosted Global Open Day on Women, Peace and Security in Kosovo to highlight the importance of women’s meaningful participation in the development of policies to address and…

28 journalists in Western Equatoria recently completed a three-day UNMISS training on journalistic practices and the role of media partners in building a durable, inclusive peace across South Sudan. Photo by Felix Katie/UNMISS. As South Sudan gears up to celebrate a decade of Independence and begins…

Some 13 young women in Wau, South Sudan, are building income-generating skills in tailoring and sewing thanks to UNMISS peacekeepers from Bangladesh. Photo by Alahayi Nemaya/UNMISS. Some 13 women in Wau, South Sudan, are now in the process of learning how to cut patterns, design and sew clothes…

For over a half-century, the Republic of Serbia has answered the United Nations call for peacekeeping in the world. Peacekeepers serving with the MINUSCA Serbian Contingent were today awarded the UN service medal for their contribution to peace in the Central African Republic (CAR). The 72-strong…

54 young people in Western Bahr El Ghazal who were severely affected by the civil war in South Sudan now have marketable skills in carpentry and brick-making following a two-month vocational training facilitated by UNMISS and the Unity Cultural and Development Centre (UCDC) in Wau. Photo by Dawit K…