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Ebiboderi Nkeiruka Opukiri, one of our dedicated UN Volunteers in Western Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan, urges every person to take on the challenge of serving for peace. Photo by Alahayi Nemaya/UNMISS WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL -…

After a life of volunteering back home in the Gambia, Adama Njie took the plunge to become a UNV and Gender Affairs Officer in Rumbek. Photos: Nina Zubovic/Vignjevic LAKES - Born and raised in the Gambia as the second of…

Ruby Awude from Ghana has been a Blue Helmet serving for peace in various UN Peacekeeping missions. She has since shed her military uniform and is now a proud UN Volunteer with UNMISS in South Sudan. LAKES – Ruby Awude, a 43…

By being a UN Volunteer in South Sudan, Samuel Emmanuel Osekeny from Uganda is being true to his teenage pledge to serve for peace. Photos: Zejin Yin/UNMISS WARRAP – A Protection, Transition and Reintegration Officer with the…

On 1st and 2nd of October, UNFICYP’s Civil Affairs hosted the first group of young Cypriots who wanted to join hands and contribute to the fight against the climate crisis and increase the island-wide debate on the issue and…

Police, military officers and legal practitioners in Lakes State at a workshop on human rights and rule of law. Photo: James Mawien Manyuol/UNMISS LAKES – For the principle of rule of law to function as it should, those…

The practice of early and forced marriages must come to an end, and women and girls given full emancipation. This was the central message that came out of a round table with Kosovo lawyers and law students, during an UNMIK…

Story by Yaye Nabo Séne and Gaëlle Sundelin In 2019, when Jeanne d’Arc Kohou flew out to Mali to join the Un Peacekeeping mission MINUSMA, her role was to help prevent and address gender-based violence. But soon after she…

Today, at a somber ceremony in Beirut, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Aroldo Lázaro honoured and bade farewell to Private Sean Rooney, the Irish 24 year-old peacekeeper killed late Wednesday night.…

Ahead of South Sudan's annual migration season, stakeholders in Warrap hold discussions on avoiding violence and conflicts with their neighbours in Western Bahr El Ghazal. Photo by Zejin Yin/UNMISS WARRAP - "Seasonal movement…