Peacekeeping news

To mark United Nations day, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus facilitated a women's walk and talk this morning with representatives from both the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities. Top United…

UNMISS and the UN Country Team organized a joyous, colorful celebration in Juba showcasing the rich cultural heritage of South Sudan as well as the committed UN personnel who work every day to reverse the effects of civil war…

With Lebanon easing COVID-related restrictions and students are going back to school, UNIFIL Sector West supported public schools in their area of responsibility. On 14 October, UNIFIL Civil Affairs in coordination with the…

It gets dark earlier and earlier as autumn settles into Kosovo, but at least one group is looking forward to more time under the night sky. Taking turns huddling under a telescope in Novo Brdo/Novobërdë on a September evening…

Jean-Pierre Lacroix: "The population have told us: 'Stay and be more present'". Photo MONUSCO/Ascain Zigbia-Tayoro On the second day of his official visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, October 21, 2021, Jean…

More than one million people in southern Madagascar are struggling to get enough to eat, due to what could become the first famine caused by climate change, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). The region has been hit…

The suffering of survivors of sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by World Health Organization staff during the tenth Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is going to be “the catalyst for a profound…

Originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marko Miljevic joined UNMISS at a time when the country was emerging from the 2016 violence and beginning its long journey towards peace and recovery. As UN Day approaches, Marko…

The Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, who has been visiting the DRC since October 19, 2021, met this morning with community representatives from North Kivu. Photo MONUSCO/Ascain Zigbia-Tayoro…

Speaking at a Security Council meeting on the situation in Africa’s Great Lakes region on Wednesday, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, Huang Xia, told ambassadors that the countries concerned now stand “at a crossroads”…

State security forces in South Sudan have been responsible for imposing new and potentially arbitrary restrictions against the country’s most prominent civil society leaders, issuing “credible” death threats that have…

As part of the ongoing efforts to support host communities in their fight against COVID-19 Coronavirus, Italy-led UNIFIL Sector West Command, in coordination with Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC), has extended a wide range…