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Full circle; how UN-trained corrections officer became a peacekeeper serving in South Sudan mission
The year is 2006, the place is Liberia, West Africa. A United Nations peacekeeping mission with a mandate that includes capacity building is carrying out the recruitment of corrections officers. Among the applicants is a…
Who speaks? Building trust through narratives and story-telling
The value of alternative narratives and solutions-focused journalism were discussed by communications experts and artists during an UNMIK-sponsored multi-ethnic panel at Autostrada Biennale, Kosovo’s international art…
MONUSCO facilitates access to medical care for inmates at Uvira’s Mulunge prison
The MONUSCO Corrections Unit and the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) have enabled 350 prisoners and detainees at Mulunge Central Prison in Uvira to exercise “their right to access health care ". It is thanks…
UNMISS visits conflict-ridden Tonj East area to build trust and confidence
A team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has visited the Jalwau County headquarters in Wunlit in the East Tonj region in a bid to put an end to an escalation of violence, including cattle raiding and revenge…
UNIFIL MTF and LAF Navy step up joint exercises, enhance capabilities
The UNIFIL Maritime Task Force (MTF), deployed since October 2006, has stepped up its joint activities with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Navy, with some 750 joint activities having been already conducted this year. MTF…
Maintaining momentum key to progressing peace process in South Sudan
Maintaining momentum key to progressing peace process in South Sudan
Peacekeepers partner with women in clean-up campaign in Eastern Equatoria
Wielding hoes, slashers and rakes, more than 40 women with infants strapped to their backs joined Rwandan peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) this week in a community-wide clean-up…
Female opposition soldiers in Mogok talk on being torn between war and peace
“We have a cause to fight. We don’t just enjoy being in the military, we have decided to take up arms to defend our children,” says Captain Rebecca Nya Piuudup in opposition-controlled Mogok in Greater Jonglei. Their children…
UNIFIL MTF and LAF Navy step up exercises, enhance capabilities
The UNIFIL Maritime Task Force (MTF), deployed since October 2006, has stepped up its tactical training activities with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Navy, with some 750 joint activities having been already conducted this…
USG Catherine Pollard interacts with MONUSCO staff
United Nations Under-Secretary-General Catherine Pollard and Head of MONUSCO Leila Zerrougui, speaking with staff of the UN Mission in Kinshasa. Photo MONUSCO / John Bompengo United Nations Under-Secretary-General for…