Community leaders from Ikotos, Eastern Equatoria, highlight need for dialogue and reconciliation
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…
UN launches strategy for digital transformation of peacekeeping
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…
Indonesia’s impactful contribution to peacekeeping in the Central African Republic recognized
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…
VIDEO/WRITTEN MESSAGE ON WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY
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…
Religious leaders and youth call for establishment of small-scale businesses to develop Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal
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…
UNMISS peacekeepers from Bangladesh provide veterinary support in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal
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…
Ex-convict to entrepreneur: Judith’s story
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…
A push for inmates’ health rights in CAR’s largest prison
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…
UNMISS trains traditional leaders in Yambio on conflict management and reconciliation
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…
UNIFIL troops in Sector East conduct first aid training with LAF
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…
Joy in rural Eastern Equatorian community as UNMISS hands over classrooms for 200 learners
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…
Diseases and pests main challenges to food security in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State
When stakeholders in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State met to discuss issues related to food security, there were an abundance of inputs. Photos: Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS The directors of agricultural departments of the five counties…