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Women celebrate new peace agreement to end intercommunal violence in Gok
Seeking shelter from the sweltering sun under the branches of a huge tree, local chiefs pull away from the crowds of people to form a small inner circle, holding hands to signal their commitment to ending six years of…
UN Peacekeepers Clean up Torit State Hospital
Rwandan peacekeepers serving with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Torit have joined the administration and staff of Torit state hospital to clean the hospital and its surrounding areas to destroy Mosquitos breeding…
Fair trial workshop held in Rumajak
The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) held a Fair Trial Workshop at the operational base of UNISFA in Rumajak, Abyei area on 1-2 August 2019. Conducted by UNISFA's Community Liaison Office (CLO) and…
Peacekeeping patrol helps deter violence on troubled road to Yei
It’s only a 155-kilometer drive from the capital of South Sudan to Yei. But the journey can be a treacherous one. The main supply route between Juba and the Central Equatorias has been significantly upgraded by peacekeeping…
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 244
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 244
At an UNMISS-facilitated conference, communities of Ajak and Kongdier resolve to end conflict
A two-day consultative conference has resolved a long-standing inter-communal disagreement over the ownership of Wathmuok, a strategic piece of land that straddles the areas of Ajak and Kongdier in Aweil. The dispute…
African Ambassadors accredited to Sudan visit North Darfur
Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. African Ambassadors accredited to Sudan from 3 to 4 December, visited El Fasher, North Darfur, where they met with Government officials, UNAMID senior management and representatives of the…
UNIFIL Nepalese peacekeepers rotate
UNIFIL’s Sector East Commander Brigadier General Marcos Llago Navarro oversaw the change of command of the Mission’s Nepalese peacekeepers in their main base in south Lebanon today. The Commander of the incoming Shree Shiva…
UNIFIL peacekeepers mark Children’s Day
UNIFIL peacekeepers marked World Children’s Day earlier this week in Al Boustan Public School in south-western Lebanon. The 2 December event was a part of the peacekeeping Mission’s civil-military community engagement…
Transhumance preparedness underway
Transhumance is a centuries-old practice in Central Africa – with livestock farming a vital livelihood that accounts for about 13% percent of the country’s GDP contributions. Livestock farming is, however, also a cause of…