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Participants from three counties in Lakes State sign a document with agreed-on resolutions to reduce intercommunal tensions. Photo: James Mawien Manyuol/UNMISS LAKES- Cattle thefts and the revenge attacks often carried out by the raided community claim the lives of many people in different parts of…

Photos CARINE TOPE In Kinshasa, the International Day of Peace, celebrated on September 21, 2022, was marked by a conference-debate jointly organized by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and MONUSCO Public Information office (SC-PID), attended by more than 300 students, around…

Peacekeepers and humanitarian actors are working hard to assist thousands of people who have been displaced by floods in Western Equatoria's Mundri West County. Photos: Denis Louro Oliver/UNMISS “A heavy rain made the River Mori overflow, which flooded the area where I live. I and my children…

Nicholas Haysom, SRSG and Head of UNMISS, at a press conference in Juba. Photos: Julio Brathwaite/UNMISS Welcome to everyone, including those tuning in live to Radio Miraya. I'm pleased to share with our listeners today key points from my recent briefing to the Security Council in New York, and to…

Abyei, 26 September 2022 – The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is greatly alarmed and deeply disturbed by the renewed clashes between the Twik and Ngok Dinka communities taking place in Agok in the Sector South area, 28 kilometres from Abyei town. A report received by UNISFA…

“UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Aroldo Lázaro chaired a Tripartite meeting with senior officers of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at a UN position in Ras Al Naqoura today. The UNIFIL chief highlighted that the Security Council, in recently…

Fashion show in Rumbek, Lakes State, as peacekeepers and host community celebrated unity in diversity. LAKES - Celebrate unity in diversity, they said, and that’s what happened in Rumbek, where the United Nations Mission in South Sudan organized a cultural happening featuring a fashion show, songs…

This is the story of 24 hours in the life of peacekeepers, man and women, facing threats and bad weather, to reach the temporary base, to replace colleagues and ensure the communities in Ogossagou can live in peace. A temporary operating base of the MINUSMA Force has been nestled for more than two…

On 1 October, MINURSO raised China’s flag at the Mission HQ to mark the country’s National Day. China has been member of the United Nations since its founding in 1945 and holds a permanent seat on the Security Council. The first Chinese military observers joined a UN mission in 1990, but it was in…

On 1 October, MINURSO commemorated Nigeria’s Independence Day by raising the national flag at the Mission HQ in Laayoune. Nigeria has been a major contributor of troops and police to United Nations peace operations. The country first provided peacekeepers to the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic…

On 1 October, MINURSO raised the flag of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) at the Mission HQ to mark the country’s National Day. The PRC holds a permanent seat on the Security Council and their first military observers joined a UN mission in 1990. In the early 2000s the PRC began to deploy lager…

On 2 October, MINURSO raised at its HQ n Laayoune the flag of Guinea to commemorate the country’s National Day. Guinea is a major contributor of troops to UN peacekeeping operations with more than 700 military and police personnel deployed. Over 600 of them serve as part of one of the United Nation…