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Zalingei, 30 December 2019- UNAMID welcomes the framework agreement signed between the Transitional Government of Sudan and the Darfur armed movements (Darfur Track) during the peace talks in Juba, South Sudan, on 28 December…
Zalingei, 29 December 2019- On 27 December 2019, an estimate of hundreds of residents, as well as individuals in uniform, entered the former UNAMID Sector South Headquarters (Super Camp) in Nyala, South Darfur, by breaching…
Women dance at the Agoke Leprosy Centre in Wau “Being a leprosy patient, I was disowned by my own family, treated as an outcast and sent away from my village,” began Maget Viola, an inhabitant of Agoke Centre in Wau. “We are…
Rwandan peacekeepers serving under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have conducted a clean-up exercise at Kapoeta state hospital, as part of their civil-military engagements. Activities entailed painting and…
A goat under the weather is not a happy goat. Since her childhood days in Majok, Martha Agew’s life has relied heavily on rearing livestock. Ms. Agew was one of may beneficiaries as Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving with the…
UNIFIL outreach peacekeepers organized an entertaining and awareness-raising event for the children living in an orphanage in the village of Maroub, west of Tyre, last week. The peacekeepers from the UN Mission’s Military…
Police in Tambura, Western Equatoria, inform UN counterparts about their precarious working conditions. Lack of a desk to investigate incidents of sexual and other gender-based violence at the Tambura police department is…
Rough road, rough living. Panyume is yet to see tangible dividends of peace. “Peace is about loving one another, about eating good meals and about free movement of people without fear of intimidation, harassment or being…
MINUSCA today held a memorial service for Sergeant Claver Kayumba, who passed away following a road accident on 11 December 2019. Sergeant Kayumba joined MINUSCA on 13 May 2019 and was deployed to Bria. Born in 1974 in Rwanda…
UNIFIL Spanish peacekeepers with children during a Christmas event in Marjayoun. UNIFIL peacekeepers from France and Spain organized separate Christmas events for the children of the host communities in south Lebanon this…
A participant drives her point home during the forum. “Enough is enough.” That is the powerful message from 30-year-old Nabol Joey who is passionate about ending child marriage so that her daughters don’t go through the…
Women sing during a sporting event to promote human rights awareness in Kapoeta “Sweet dreams come after education. Women, it is possible to achieve anything you want if you are educated!” urged Kousa Rakudo, a 17-year-old…