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UNMISS hands over police station constructed under the mission’s QIP’s
UNMISS hands over police station constructed under the mission’s QIP’s In a festive ceremony filled with cultural song and dance, the United Nations in South Sudan (UNMISS) officially handed over a police station in Wau town…
Recent recoveries at CMP excavations
NICOSIA, 29 June 2017 - On 29 June, a CMP excavation team located the remains of at least one individual in a military area in Deryneia/Derinya. The CMP’s bi-communal excavation teams are continuing excavations at Voni…
Côte d’Ivoire: UN chief voices support for sustaining ‘hard-won peace’ after mission’s closure
Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the closure of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), which will take place on Friday, and reiterated the UN family’s commitment to helping the people and…
Security Council renews steps against illicit Libyan oil exports; renews missions in Golan, Mali, Darfur
The Security Council today adopted a series of resolutions by which it extended the mandates of United Nations missions in the Golan, the Darfur region of Sudan and Mali, and renewed measures against illicit oil exports in…
Security Council warned DR Congo’s violence on rise amid little political progress
The security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to be a major source of concern, with violence in the Kasai provinces, in the western part of the vast country, reaching “disturbing” levels, the…
Living conditions in Gaza 'more and more wretched' over past decade, UN finds
A decade after Hamas seized the Gaza Strip, the living conditions for two million people in the Palestinian enclave are deteriorating “further and faster” than the prediction made in 2012 that the enclave would become…
Annual bicommunal festival in Pyla
More than 5,000 people attended the annual festival in Cyprus' only bi-communal village, Pyla , on 30 June and 1 July, enjoying a smorgasbord of food, drink, entertainment and shopping. Supported by UNFICYP since its…
Humanitarian situation key focus of inter-agency assessment mission to Rockero, Central Darfur
Photo by Mohammed Idriss Mohammed, UNAMID. ZALINGEI - Evaluating the humanitarian situation was a key focus of a recent inter-Agency Humanitarian Assessment mission to Rockero, North Jebel Marra locality, Central Darfur. The…
Heavy fighting puts humanitarian aid and civilians at risk in Upper Nile
The town of Pagak is a stronghold for opposition forces in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan. However, its grip on the area is under threat as government troops steadily advance towards the town, with forces approaching…
UNMISS Peacekeepers prevent abduction attempt at Bentiu protection of civilian site
Mongolian Battalion at work in Unity Area Mongolian peacekeepers responded with force to an attempt by uniformed soldiers to abduct three internally displaced people working on their farms near a UN base in Bentiu, South…