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In the absence of teachers, UN peacekeepers step in to teach at Aweil Secondary School
Ghanaian peacekeeper Lt. Abdul Rahim Yamusah teaching at Aweil Secondary School. UNMISS photo/Emmanuel Kele United Nations peacekeepers stationed in South Sudan's Aweil area have started giving English and Mathematics lessons…
Tuesday’s Daily Brief: Combating hate speech, DR Congo, antimicrobial resistance, peacekeeping, #ActNow for our planet
This Tuesday, top stories include: the UN’s war on hate speech; a surge in ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the ‘invisible pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance; UN peacekeeping Commanders’ meeting at…
UNAMID conducts integrated security assessment mission to Kutum, North Darfur amid security concerns
Photo by Mwila Mbwengetta, UNAMID. In response to reported security tensions in Kutum area, north Darfur, UNAMID on 13 June dispatched an Integrated Assessment Mission (IAM) to the area. The purpose of the Assessment Mission…
Young students from Beirut visit UNFIL’s Sector East HQ
A group of schoolchildren from Beirut visited UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters in Ibl al-Saqi last week to learn about the work of UN peacekeepers in furthering peace in south Lebanon. During their visit to the UNIFIL base…
South Sudan’s military and civil society in dialogue to stem conflict-related sexual violence
There is a new push to put an end to the spectre of conflict-related sexual violence in South Sudan, with a new form of engagement between civil society and the military. At a dialogue organized by the Human Rights Division…
Ambassadors unite to push for peace in South Sudan
When violence erupted in the villages around Bor, Paul Duop Lam ran for his life, heading straight to the United Nations base in the town in the hope of finding sanctuary. Five years later, the camp has become his home. He…
More than a pretty face: Women journalists band together for the winds of change
“One such stereotype is that women are news presenters only, they read news, they need to be beautiful, with beautiful make-up etc. Just today I heard one of the stereotypes. I was told I was emotional during my address to…
New JBVMM Chief visits Abyei area
Brig. Gen. Gebremikael Beyene who took over as Chief of the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM) of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) arrived in Abyei on 11 June 2019 to…
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 238
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 238
UNIFIL’s Indian peacekeepers organize mass yoga session
UNIFIL’s Indian peacekeepers, operating in the UN Mission’s Sector East, celebrated the fifth International Day of Yoga today together with the population of south Lebanon and fellow peacekeepers at their main base near Ibil…