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Government and SPLM/A-iO commit to work together for peace at Terekeka event
Located on the shores of the River Nile, Terekeka was the venue for a meeting that would not have been possible just over six months ago. “Today is a blessed day. A day to welcome our brothers and sons back home. A day to…

MINURSO welcomes the new Force Commander
On 01 April 2019 MINURSO celebrated the arrival of the new Force Commander Major-General Zia ur Rehman of Pakistan who succeeds Major General Xiaojun Wang of China. Major-General Zia ur Rehman brought with him to MINURSO 30…

UNIFIL head chairs regular Tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF officials
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a regular Tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) at the UN…

Deputy Force Commander visits MTF ships in Limassoul
UNIFIL Deputy Force Commander Major General Shivaram Kharel this week visited the peacekeeping mission’s Maritime Task Force (MTF) ships in Limassoul, Cyprus. During his visit to the MTF Greek ship “HS NIKIFOROS FOKAS” on 31…

Tonj and Gok form Joint Border Court to arbitrate cross-state conflicts
The two neighbouring communities of Tonj and Gok have agreed to establish a joint border court to arbitrate cases of inter-communal violence. The court, to be comprised of seven traditional chiefs, will have jurisdiction on…

Safe ground, safe home as UN Mine Action Service clears the way for peace-driven returnees
“South Sudan is doable. We are into the endgame now, and we need support to see this one through. It isn’t a thousand-year problem. It isn’t a hundred-year problem. It is a three to five-year problem, and then this goes away…

Mine action in progress: A peek behind the scenes as land in a Juba suburb is cleared
A mine action field site is a sight to behold – on those rare moments when you can actually discern anything through the dirt-brown clouds of dust kicked up by the MineWolf 240 rumbling through the sun-hardened ground of a…

UNMISS engineers rebuild bridge along the Upper Nile West Bank
During the rainy season in Kodok, a town located along the volatile West Bank in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan, it’s not unusual to see fish and crocodiles floating around far away from their home in the Nile. As in…

UNIFIL, UNMAS recommit to end threats posed by landmines in south Lebanon
UNIFIL Chinese de-miners clear mines along the Blue Line in the vicinity of Rmeish, south Lebanon. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) jointly marked the International…

