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Mboahangy “Fana” Rakotoarisoa is a Strategic Planning Officer in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) corrections component, a role that requires the highest level of…

Last week, the Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom, travelled to Mangalla, Central Equatoria, to learn more about the life-saving supply runs undertaken by the Bangladeshi Force…

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, 29 May, offers a chance to pay tribute to the uniformed and civilian personnel's invaluable contribution to the work of the Organization and to honour nearly 4,200…

A young Cambodian woman says it is her dream to help remove all land mines from the south of Lebanon and improve living conditions for all people living under the threat of death or injury. Decades of civil conflict have left…

UNIFIL honoured the contribution of partners in communities, civil society, religious institutions, troop-contributing countries, and others, as the mission marked the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. As 29…

An UNMISS patrol team greeted by the community of Lesi in Western Equatoria State, where progress of an ongoing Quick Impact Project was discussed. Photos: Phillip Mbugo/UNMISS WESTERN EQUATORIA – While protecting civilians…

Child protection was on the agenda as South Sudan organized a national conference to address how it can be improved. Photos: Isaac Billy/UNMISS The journey towards a South Sudan where children’s rights to protection, from…

Abyei youth and women’s group representatives joined UNISFA peacekeepers for an evening cultural fete organized at the mission headquarters in Abyei. The festivities were the final event in activities organized by the newly…

Last week, the Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, revisited Gondokoro, Central Equatoria, to assess the progress made in demining the area…

In Yei, people displaced after last year's conflict between nomadic herders and settled agriculturalists are still fearful of returning to their original settlements. UNMISS, local authorities and humanitarian partners are…

Women are often “placed second or even ignored” when they are employed as corrections officers in prisons and other detention centres, according to Téné Maimouna Zoungrana, an officer from Burkina Faso serving with the UN…

The Inhabitants of the villages of BWERERE, HALUNGUPA and other surrounding areas welcome the intervention of soldiers from the Malawian contingent in the region. Photo MONUSCO / Force Since the permanent deployment in…