Peacekeeping news

UNIFIL recently delivered food for 30,000 meals, 40,000 liters of diesel fuel, and 72 kg worth of medical supplies to support the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in South Lebanon. It is certainly unusual for a peacekeeping…

With her customized motorbike, Khana Akur Majak in Rumbek does not allow her disability to define her. Instead, she's a much-admired businesswoman and advocate of the rights of women and the disabled. Photos: Nina Zubovic…

Stephen Gabriel Ndumuku, a carpenter from Western Equatoria, cannot use his legs to full capacity. But, this inspirational man uses his talent in woodwork to support six children and calls for inclusion as South Sudan heads…

Laduma Patricia Egan from Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan knows how to transform the cards dealt to her into a winning hand. This disability and women's rights advocate has been on crutches ever since she can remember but that…

Military officers having their awareness on human rights principles raised. Photos: Moses Yakudu/UNMISS Human rights violations are common in Eastern Equatoria State and in the rest of the country. Sometimes, they are…

Ten enterprising women from Upper Nile, South Sudan, took loans to gather seed money and launch a food business with a little help and encouragement from UNMISS. Photo by Samson Liberty/UNMISS UPPER NILE – As intercommunal…

Juba, 2 December 2022: UNMISS, AUMISS, IGAD, R-JMEC, some members of the African Diplomatic Corps and some members of the international community (TROIKA, EU, Switzerland, India) in South Sudan convened a meeting to discuss…

As Kosovo continues to mark the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, hundreds took to the streets in Pristina to call for an urgent end to violence against women in the wake of two femicides within five…

The second femicide in Kosovo in less than a week has stained the annual global campaign to bring an end to violence against women and girls, this time with a nine-month pregnant woman shot dead allegedly by her partner. The…

President Salva Kiir Mayardit, First Vice President of the Republic and all the Vice-Presidents Rt. Honorable Speaker and Deputy Speakers, State Governors and Administrators of Administrative Areas Ministers and Deputy…

The World AIDS Day report will be released on the 29th morning and through the noon briefing (NY Time) so the video will be shared after that time. The world has promised to end AIDS by 2030. We are off track. To end AIDS, we…

10 kilometres is a long distance to travel – and can feel twice as long while doing it in the rain. However heavy rain didn’t dampen the fun of youngsters from Pristina and Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje on a bike ride in the rain…