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After some UNMAS demining and mine awareness education residents of the Majak-Joong cattle camp may tread parts of the area a little less carefully. A joint effort to clear unexploded mines and ammunition, and to educate…
UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) today hailed the opening of the LAF’s new regional centre for civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) in Marjayoun as a new chapter in the cooperation between the two forces in south…
South Sudanese leaders at the High Level Revitalization Forum in Addis Ababa are urged to set their differences aside and put the interests of their people first. The Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has…
School children in Rumbek at an UNMISS-led workshop discussing how to empower girls and women. The overwhelming majority of boys in the photo underscores a key challenge for girls: access to education. As a young woman living…
Two new, UNMISS-provided boreholes in the Ladu community near Juba are expected to reduce inter-communal tensions over scarce water resources. The gifting of two new boreholes to the Ladu community in the capital Juba will…
The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian affairs has urged warring parties in South Sudan to stop the fighting and protect aid workers who are risking their own lives to save others in the war-torn country. During a visit…
A peacekeeper of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) was killed and eight others were wounded on Thursday morning, 28 km south of Alindao, in southern…
UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force (MTF) carried out an exercise off the coast of Beirut together with the Lebanese Armed Forces - Navy (LAF-N) in order to enhance the cooperation and coordination between the two forces, earlier…
Up to 150 peacekeepers are being rapidly redeployed to the Unity region to boost the UN Mission’s efforts to protect civilians being deliberately targeted by warring parties. “What we are witnessing on the ground is the…
A group of children living in the United Nations Protection of Civilians site in Bor dig up soil and fill up old pots and empty rusted tins of powdered milk. They carry these pots on their heads as they make their way across…
It is a beautiful sunny morning with clear blue skies. A different day compared to the heavy rains and storm that hit Bor town only a few days ago. The rains caused flooding at Imperial High School, a school in the Jonglei…
The Security Council on 15 May 2018 decided to extend, for six months, mandates of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) relating to the delivery of humanitarian assistance and the protection of…