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The Security and Gender Group strongly condemns the recent case of domestic violence with tragic outcomes in Gjakovë/Ðakovica municipality, including the homicide of a woman and her nine-year old daughter by her spouse in…
Their task was daunting. Upon first inspection of what was left of one of the tarmacs at the Malakal airport, the gallant Indian peacekeepers serving the United Nations Mission in South Sudan were met by huge cracks. This…
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) condemns the violent attacks on its peacekeepers on Thursday evening in and around the village of Pavika, located…
Surrounded by crops, chickens and tractors in a quiet, rural part of Kosovo is the village of Vidaje/Vidanje - the “best village to live in”, according to 13-year-old Leonid Shllaku. Leonid’s house is just across from a new…
Internally displaced persons, staying next to the permanent base of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in the suburbs of Yei town, welcome the ongoing peace talks in Sudan but want to see practical results. They urge…
Dark rain clouds hang over a seven-acre field of crop and green houses, located in an area in Bor, where South Korean peacekeepers serving the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have turned fallow land into a productive…
After a surge in hostilities in Afghanistan over the past weeks, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomed on Monday the Government’s announcement of a conditional ceasefire for the Eid al-Adha holiday and…
Abandoned shops line the streets of once bustling towns across Ayaci and Magwi County near Torit in the eastern part of South Sudan. Places like Obbo, Pajok, and Pugee appear deserted, save a few women trading what little…
El Fasher, 19 August 2018 – On behalf of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur, I wish the people and the Government of Sudan a peaceful and joyous Eid Al-Adha. This year’s Eid Al-Adha is being celebrated as…
Group photo, Children and UNIFIL peacekeepers. On 8 August, around 2,500 kids enjoyed a children’s festival in Tibnin public school where UNIFIL in collaboration with Alpha association provided a variety of entertaining…
Youth in Torit in the Eastern Equatoria region took to the streets last weekend to celebrate International Youth Day, voice their many concerns and express their desire to play a bigger role in the future of the country. “We…