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Ituri :Young Girls in Bunia Sensitized Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse /Jean-Tobie Okala “This activity helped us to broaden our knowledge and better understand what sexual exploitation is and how to prevent it. Before…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, welcomed the French Ambassador Mr. Olivier Guérot, at UNMIK Headquarters. They discussed recent political developments, including the…

Amidst ongoing troop rotations in Mopti, women peacekeepers serving with the Pakistani contingent reflect back on their multiple achievements with pride. Pakistan is one of the longest-serving and largest troops and police…

Komanda: Gradual Resumption of Activities Thanks to Joint Action FARDC and MONUSCO. Photo MONUSCO A little over a year ago, Komanda, the administrative capital of the Basili chiefdom, 80 km from Bunia, in the territory of…

Children in Abara were lining up, impatiently, one would assume, for access to their new, UNMISS-funded secondary school. Photos: Moses Yakudu/UNMISS EASTERN EQUATORIA- Youth in remote Abara are celebrating, and with good…

Deputy Heads of MONUSCO, Khassim Diagne and Bruno Lemarquis, in Interaction with the Population in South Kivu. Photo MONUSCO/Sy Koumbo The two deputy special representatives of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, Khassim…

Residents of until recently squabbling communities in Ikotos County had lots to tell a visiting delegation, which included UN peacekeepers. Photos: Okello James/UNMISS EASTERN EQUATORIA- A four-month-long conflict among the…

The UN Secretary-General has expressed his deep sadness over the death of three peacekeepers from Bangladesh who were killed on Monday in the Central African Republic (CAR), following a roadside bomb explosion near the border…

On 29 September 2022 the Lebanese Red Cross in Tyre received an important donation of medical equipment from UNIFIL’s Italian contingent. The equipment included 5 hospital beds, 2 wheelchairs, 1 transit wheelchair, 4 axillary…

Learning how to not violate the rights of children in armed conflict ongoing, this time in Malakal. Photo: Ines Surwumwe/UNMISS UPPER NILE- Implementing changes, both of attitudes and behaviour, takes time. After several…

On 03 October , MINURSO celebrated German Unity Day by raising the country’s flag at the Mission HQ in Laayoune. Germany is the fourth largest contributor to Peacekeeping Operations. Its peacekeepers are deployed in seven…

UNMISS gathered traditional leaders from all four states of the Bahr El Ghazal region for discussions on how to improve coexistence of formal and informal authorities. Photo: Michael Wondi/UNMISS BAHR EL GHAZAL- In countries…