It was an embrace that could end the suffering of 12 million people. An historic coming together of two bitter foes who have spent five years fighting each other over ethnic differences and a tussle for power at the expense…
Highlighting complex and evolving challenges, the head of UN peacekeeping on Wednesday called for heightened vigilance and a more robust response to existential threats against both peacekeepers and those they strive to…
Uruguay’s Ambassador to Lebanon, H.E. Marta Pizzanelli, travelled to the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura, to offer a rich display of Uruguayan folklore and express her country’s support for United Nations peacekeeping in south…
Peace shall henceforth prevail between the two clans of Ater and Pale in the Greater Jonglei region. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan played a crucial role in enabling the successful peace dialogue between the former…
UNIFIL organized a “happy hour” yesterday for orphan children from the peacekeeping mission’s area of operation in south Lebanon in a school in Tyre. The entertainment-humanitarian gathering – organized in cooperation with a…
The signing of a revitalized peace agreement by all parties to the conflict in South Sudan is a significant step forward in the process of ending the ongoing violence and the immense suffering of their people, says the United…
In recent years, approaches to the provision of support to the rule of law in conflict and post-conflict settings have evolved significantly. While in the past the provision of support to the justice sector was generally…
Peacekeepers from the elite Nepalese reserve forces have provided life-saving assistance to the people of war-torn South Sudan for almost a year. They demonstrated their efforts to protect civilians in a dramatization of the…
South Sudan is the world’s newest nation. Its 12 million population are also amongst the youngest in the world with half aged under 18. Children often suffer most from the ongoing conflict, with many maimed or killed…
MINUSCA strongly condemns the killing of nine internal displaced people in Bria, Haute-Kotto prefecture (centre-east of the Central African Republic) resulting from violent clashes between FPRC and anti-Balaka armed groups…
The Panawur and Panaguong sections of Duony County in Gok have signed an agreement committing themselves to ceasing hostilities, bringing an end to 15 years of attacks and revenge killings. The agreement was endorsed on…