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UNMISS in Bor partners with community based and civil society organizations to fight COVID-19
In Bor, the peacekeeping mission has established a partnership with local organizations to combat COVID-19. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has established what is meant as a long-term partnership with community…
UN peacekeepers killed in improvised explosive attack in Mali
Three UN peacekeepers from Chad were killed in northern Mali on Sunday when their convoy hit a roadside bomb near Aguelhok, in the restive Kidal region. The improvised device also seriously injured four others who are now…
BENI: MONUSCO supports local masks-production initiatives against Coronavirus
MONUSCO supports local masks-production initiatives against Coronavirus In the Democratic Republic of Congo, women in Beni, North-Kivu province, have come forward as key players in the fight against the spread of the…
STATEMENT ON INCIDENT IN PYLA
Nicosia, 12 May 2020 – Today at around 3.00am a small explosive device was detonated outside a bakery in the bi-communal village of Pyla. The explosion caused minor damage to property; thankfully, no injuries to persons were…
Ituri: MONUSCO hands over two sites for FRPI disarmament to the government
Ituri: MONUSCO hands over two sites for FRPI disarmament to the government. Photo MOUSCO/Jean Tobie OKALA On Monday, 11 May 2020, Monusco handed over two sites to the provincial government to be used for the disarmament and…
UNMISS peacekeepers support initiative to locally produce face masks in Wau
UNMISS peacekeepers from Bangladesh are providing basic sewing training to eight local women in Wau to enable them to produce cloth face masks. As COVID-19 continues to cast a shadow across the globe, UNMISS and national…
Women in Peacekeeping
Force Hygiene Officer 2nd Lt Aniko PETRO UNFICYP
MONUSCO initiates the creation of Local Protection Committees in Mahagi
MONUSCO initiates the creation of Local Protection Committees in Mahagi. Photo MONUSCO In total, around 100 participants (including 30 women) from local authorities, community leaders, civil society, youth and women's…
UNAMID distributes hygiene materials to IDPs in Central Darfur to help them combat the spread of COVID-19
Photo by Owies Elfaki, UNAMID. Zalingei, 12 May 2020- As part of UNAMID response and mitigation measures against the spread of the novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) in Darfur, UNAMID’s Human Rights Section (HRS)…
Local women in Yambio use UNMISS-produced information material to raise awareness on COVID-19
The Anika Women's Association in Yambio is providing door-to-door awareness-raising sessions and putting up posters with messages from the World Health Organization in public places as well as in front of individual…