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UNMISS and humanitarian partners in Torit step up sensitization of local communities on COVID-19
UNMISS and humanitarian partners are focusing on raising awareness on essential preventative measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Torit. In Torit, a town in eastern Equatoria, close to the border of Uganda, people…
UNMISS medical personnel take necessary precautions to keep staff safe and healthy, assist local populations
UNMISS Medical Unit ramps up prevention measures and awareness-raising among its own peacekeepers to ensure safety of host populations and its own personnel. On this year’s World Health Day, the world faces an unprecedented…
As Covid-19 cases grow in CAR, MINUSCA supports government in urgent response to halt virus spread
The eleventh case of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the Central African Republic – confirmed on 8 April 2020 by the country’s Ministry of Health – is shining a light on MINUSCA efforts to help halt the spread of the…
COVID-19 preventive measures in South Sudan affect farmers in Aweil
Social distancing is not a problem for farmers in Aweil, but they face other challenges caused by restricted movements to prevent COVID-19. As the Coronavirus spreads globally, farmers in the Aweil area of Northern Bahr-el…
Last respects paid to deceased UNIFIL French peacekeeper
UNIFIL, its strategic partner the Lebanese Armed Forces and fellow peacekeepers today paid their last respect to Corporal Volodymyr Rybontchouk of the UN Mission’s French Contingent who tragically passed away on Friday in a…
Directory of female experts within CAR defence and security forces to boost women leadership
Women in uniform in the Central African Republic are counting on a newly launched Defence Forces Official Directory of Female Experts to help push for better representation of women in decision-making positions. The document…
Deceased Nepalese peacekeeper receives somber send-off
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col was joined by Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) representatives and fellow peacekeepers at a somber ceremony in the Rafic Hariri International Airport in…
Elbow-bumping and announcements of measures to keep Covid-19 at bay marked swearing in of new ministers
Oath of office in one hand, the other on a Bible or Quran as 35 ministers and ten deputies were sworn into South Sudan's new cabinet on 16 March. The cabinet of South Sudan’s revitalized transitional government of national…
Security Council Press Statement on Attack against Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on 15 March 2020 by anti-Balaka elements against the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)…
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on the Central African Republic
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack perpetrated by anti-Balaka elements against local officials on 15 March in Grimari, Ouaka Prefecture. United Nations peacekeepers confronted the attackers and one Burundian…