Peacekeeping news

UNMISS Force Commander, Lieutenant General Mohan Subramanian from India, assumed his duties in the world's largest United Nations Peacekeeping mission today and inspected an Honour Guard by peacekeepers from Rwanda, Ethiopia…

Sharing bread and salt is an ancient custom, prevalent in the Middle East as well as parts of Europe. The act of eating together signifies a welcoming between two sides, expressing gratitude, friendship, and trust. On 20…

A patrolling team of UNMISS peacekeepers recently visited communities reeling from cattle raids and revenge attacks in Kapoeta and Budi, Eastern Equatoria. With the normally peaceful fabric of life in tatters, people are…

The work consisted, among other things, in building three new classrooms in solid material and rehabilitating six more in planks. / Photos MONUSCO In North Kivu province, new classrooms have been built and equipped by MONUSCO…

In the remote town of Chebaa, south Lebanon, three hundred households have been struggling for months with their municipal water supply. The town’s main water source comes from a well, brought to the surface by an electric…

Patrolling UNMISS peacekeepers spent time with communities in remote Landili, Western Equatoria, to assess their security and humanitarian needs. Photo by Phillip Mbugo/UNMISS. WESTERN EQUATORIA - “When we see UNMISS Blue…

Some 160 members of the Community Watch Group, including 80 female community officers, at the UN Protection Site in Malakal, Upper Nile, have been trained by UNPOL on preventing and reporting on violence against women. Photo…

In this latest UNIFIL radio episode, Rania Bdeir, our radio producer, puts UNIFIL’s spokesperson Andrea Tenenti in the hotseat. The questions posed are in direct response to a series of misunderstandings among the Lebanese…

Juba, 23 August 2022: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is concerned about the safety and security of thousands of civilians who are caught up in recent clashes between rival armed groups in Upper Nile State…

Schoolchildren in Mvolo, Western Equatoria, will no longer have to battle inclement weather in outdoor classrooms, thanks to an UNMISS-funded construction of a secondary school block. Additionally, the UN Peacekeeping mission…

Abyei, 22 August 2022 – The CIMIC Team of the Ghanian Battalion (GHANBATT) led by the Officer Commanding Marial Achak COB, Capt. SO Sarkodie, recently donated some assorted relief items to the Marial Achak Women Association…

Some 50 women from remote Aliamtoc-1 in Lakes state, South Sudan, came together at a three-day UNMISS-sponsored forum to discuss the role of women peacebuilders at the grassroots and how they contribute to bringing about…