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Nearly 30,000 children in sub-Saharan Africa are believed to have died from cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO). Drastic measures to prevent coronavirus…

A young peace campaigner from Cameroon who turned his back on the violence prevalent in his hometown and became a youth civil society activist, has been telling the United Nations about how he is helping other young people to…

Magic in the making: the joy of pressing the right keyboard button can be rather overwhelming, as this girl at a Malakal primary school can testify. Photos: Samuel Adwok/UNMISS Pupils at the Bander Primary School in Malakal…

Happy times as children in a rural community in Eastern Equatoria State receive three new classrooms for their school. Photos: Okello James/UNMISS “We have the right to eat, we have the right to live, we have the right to…

Although UN peacekeeping missions can help put a country on the right track following conflict, only a commitment from national governments can keep it there over the long term, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a…

The announcement last week of a unilateral ceasefire in the Central African Republic is among recent positive steps in the country, the top UN official there told the Security Council on Monday, urging continued support for…

As part of the ongoing efforts to support host communities in their fight against COVID-19 Coronavirus, Italy-led UNIFIL Sector West Command, in coordination with Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC), has extended a wide range…

Scenes from our 2-day bootcamp on Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation with intensive workshops on everything ranging from ideation to business model canvasing, community building, and more – with great local and…

Originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marko Miljevic joined UNMISS at a time when the country was emerging from the 2016 violence and beginning its long journey towards peace and recovery. As UN Day approaches, Marko…