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A follow-up patrol team from UNMISS visited Rokon in Central Equatoria recently to engage with local communities and address their concerns. Photo by Moses Pasi/UNMISS. A patrol team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) recently revisited Rokon, some 70 kilometers west of South…

Conflict between youth groups have escalated tensions in Ikotos county, Eastern Equatoria. Community members have requested a visiting UNMISS patrol team for reconciliation activities. Photo by Okello James/UNMISS. Community leaders from Lodwara-Talla and Ikotos Central, Eastern Equatoria, have…

The Organization and its 12 peacekeeping missions around the world must fully embrace new technology in the face of ever-changing challenges, the UN chief said on Wednesday as he outlined to the Security Council his Strategy for the Digital Transformation of UN Peacekeeping. New technologies are…

200 peacekeepers from the MINUSCA Indonesian Engineering Company were, on 17 August 2021, awarded United Nations service medals for their contribution to peace and stability in the Central African Republic (CAR). “You have brought your own legacy to this country’s future,” said the Deputy Special…

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL VIDEO/WRITTEN MESSAGE ON WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY Humanitarian workers are here to help the world’s most vulnerable people when disaster strikes. But around the world, aid workers face growing threats. In the past 20 years, shootings, kidnappings, and other attacks on…

Youth, women, religious leaders and many other stakeholders were recently invited to a forum to share their ideas with the newly appointed Governor of Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State. Photos: Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS Religious leaders and youth in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal are requesting that their Governor…

Cattle lining up as peacekeepers from Bangladesh are opening a mobile veterinary clinic in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State. Photos: Jimmy Ludanga/UNMISS Bangladeshi veterinarians serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), have stepped up to help livestock owners across Western…

Life after prison may seem like a daunting prospect. But 22-year-old former inmate and mother-of-two, Judith Ngouvela, quickly found her feet after incarceration – thanks to vocational training she received while behind bars, with the support of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African…

The donation from the MINUSCA Cameroonian Formed Police Unit to the infirmary of the Ngaragba central men’s prison in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) might not have looked like much, but when the prison’s head nurse started to speak, it quickly became apparent that the seemingly modest 14…

Smiling faces as traditional leaders in Yambio participate in a workshop on conflict resolution and ways to reconcile feuding foes. Photos: Martin Siba/UNMISS Recent outbreaks of violence resulting in deaths and displacements in Western Equatoria, South Sudan, has led to an urgent need for engaging…

UNIFIL peacekeepers operating in south-eastern Lebanon conducted last week first aid training with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) at the mission’s Sector East headquarters near Marjayoun. The training programme, conducted on 19 August, aimed to further enhance cooperation and coordination between…

Some of the young learners marching in to their new school in a rural area of Eastern Equatoria State. Photos: Okello James/UNMISS UN peacekeepers in Torit in Eastern Equatoria State have handed over three new classrooms to the community of Enyif. They are bound to make a huge difference. “Our…