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UNMISS supports joint police force deployment to improve safety outside Bentiu protection site
Internally displaced people at the UN protection site in Bentiu are feeling much safer after the deployment of a joint police force outside its perimeter. A joint police force has been deployed outside the United Nations…
UNIFIL-supported sports facility rehabilitated
A sports complex in the south-eastern Lebanese village of Kawkaba received a major facelift recently with the support of UNIFIL Indian peacekeepers. Initially established in 2001 by Indian peacekeepers, the Sardar Patel…
Peacekeeper Killed in Southern Sudan: A rejoinder
Abyei, 15 July 2020 – The attention of United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is drawn to a news story by Radio Debanga captioned ‘Peacekeeper killed in Southern Sudan”, in which a UNISFA peacekeeper is said…
Op-Ed: UN Peacekeepers Must Stay the Course
by Atul Khare and Jean-Pierre Lacroix United Nations peace operations promote stability and security in some of the world’s most dangerous and fragile places. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, overstretched UN peacekeepers…
From Ebola to COVID-19: How a UN medic is preparing for pandemic management in South Sudan
Nurse David Ndungu in Malakal makes the most of his experience of fighting Ebola as he plays his part in preventing COVID-19 in South Sudan. The year is 2014. A younger, somewhat naiver David Ndungu has just landed in…
OHCHR guidance on COVID-19 and its human rights dimensions: now available in Albanian and Serbian!
COVID 19 is a test of societies, of governments, of communities and of individuals. Now is the time for solidarity and cooperation to tackle the virus, and to mitigate the effects, often unintended, of measures designed to…
Thanks to the UN and partners, former child soldiers aim for a better future
With newly-acquired skills courtesy a six-month vocational training programme, Malis*, a former child soldier, has started a carpentry workshop in Yambio where he uses his talents to produce necessary items for the local…
UNMISS airs radio discussion on COVID-19 prevention in Bor
Hand washing and social distancing demonstrated in Bor, where many people have a hard time complying with COVID-19 prevention measures. A culturally shaped combination of politeness, sociability and stubbornness is proving a…
As pandemic encroaches on Abyei, tensions rise over disputed territory straddling Sudan, South Sudan
Sudan’s efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, are delaying the deployment of fresh United Nations police units in Abyei and the border regions between Sudan and South Sudan, the UN’s peacekeeping chief told the…
Indian Battalion bags UNIFIL environment award
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col this week handed out annual environmental awards to seven Mission entities for initiating and implementing innovative projects to preserve environment…