Peacekeeping news

UNMISS engineering troops and local youth are battling rising water levels to prevent parts of Bor to be submerged. Engineering troops serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan are engaged in an ongoing battle against…

The huge explosion that rocked Beirut Port on Tuesday evening (4 August) resulted in several UNIFIL naval peacekeepers from Bangladesh being injured, some of them seriously. The ship was docked at the Port as part of the…

Participants at a forum discussing the implementation of the peace agreement, including the provision of 35 per cent political representation for women. Women in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State call for the implementation of 35…

On 5 August 2020, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013)concerning the Central African Republic approved the following individual to be added to its list of individuals and entities: A…

The police component of UNMISS and UNDP jointly organized a forum on crime prevention in Torit, Eastern Equatoria. Reports of increased criminality and organized gangs in Torit, Eastern Equatoria, putting civilians at risk…

Traditional leaders gathered in Wau engaged in important talks about reconciliation, conflict management, gender equality and a culture of impunity. Traditional leaders in Western Bahr el-Ghazal have identified more balanced…

As a result of a huge explosion that rocked Beirut Port this evening, one of the UNIFIL ships of the Maritime Task Force docked in the port was damaged, leaving some UNIFIL naval peacekeepers injured – some of them seriously…

UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana hand over computers to a UNDP-constructed youth centre in Bentiu. COVID-19 continues to cast a shadow over South Sudan, impacting children and youth greatly. To mitigate some of the effects of…

Yashaswini Mittal, a United Nations Volunteer with UNMISS, works as a Judicial Affairs Officer with the mission’s Rule of Law Section. In the picture, Yashaswini and her colleagues hold up t-shirts during the annual…

UNMISS recently organized a day-long forum in Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan for political stakeholders, community and religious leaders as well as civil society actors to widen engagement with the Revitalized Peace…

MONUSCO's quick-impact project consists of the expansion of the existing delivery room and the construction of a neonatology room and an emergency unit within the PNC health centre in Goma. Photo MONUSCO / Ado Abdou On July…

Bunia central prison provided with a fence wall and two watchtowers. Photo MONUSCO MONUSCO Office Chief in Ituri, Josiah Obat, officially handed over to the Ituri Provincial Government on Friday, July 31, 2020 a concrete 430…