Search

Traditional chiefs in the Greater Equatoria region believe they should have more political clout over local matters. Photos: Samira Y Salifu/UNMISS EASTERN EQUATORIA- In South Sudan, like in many other countries where state…

In Yambio, South Sudan, a peace concert organized by UNMISS and the state government wasn't merely a fantastic show. It also gave hope to concert goers that peace and unity in this young nation are a priority for leaders and…

MINURSO observed the National Day of the Republic of Honduras raising its flag at the Mission HQ in Laayoune next to the UN flag. Honduras has been a contributing country to MINURSO since the Mission’s inception in 1991. The…

Building confidence and creating safe communities - that's the ultimate goal of community policing initiatives. UNPOL officers serving with UNMISS in Torit, South Sudan, recently trained 25 local policing counterparts as part…

UNIFIL today celebrated the inauguration of gender-sensitive accommodations for the Ghanaian Battalion’s women peacekeepers at the Ghanaian headquarters in south Lebanon. The cost of the project was covered by the Elsie…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Caroline Ziadeh met with the Prime Minister of Serbia Ana Brnabić, as part of her diplomatic consultations ahead of the United Nations Security Council…

On 16 September, MINURSO observed Mexico’s national day by raising the Mexican flag at the Mission HQ in Laayoune. Mexico, an original signatory to the UN Charter, has only recently become a troop contributing country to UN…

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom. Madame President,1. Thank you for the opportunity to brief this Council on the situation in South Sudan.2. Since 2018, the…

“I really want to do something about hate speech, because I really hate it,” says 12-year-old Toni to a group of his friends. Along with artist Mirjeta Qehaja from the K-Roma community, the group of friends goes about town…