António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (2016-) Photo: Mark Garten | UNMIL | 19 Dec 16 The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) deployed in October 2003 to a country which, after 14 years of brutal…
The flags of the United Nations and Liberia fly side by side at the UNMIL Headquarters in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo: Staton Winter | UNMIL | 13 May 11 This book is dedicated, first and foremost, to the people of Liberia, whose…
After nearly six years as the United Nations political chief, Jeffrey Feltman on Thursday spoke to the press for the last time as the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, spotlighting the importance of…
Walungu, March 23, 2018 – Walungu is a locality situated tens of kilometres from the town of Bukavu in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The main activity of the population in this…
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Liberia will formally cease operations on Friday after aiding the West African nation’s transition from ravaging civil war to a hopeful era of peace.
Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. On 26 and 27 March 2018, some 100 women from Darfur’s five states, representing the state government, parliamentarians, localities, civil society organizations and internally displaced persons…
As the United Nations continues to send peacekeepers to difficult or war-torn environments like Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, those ‘blue helmets’ will need more and better coordinated support among the…
UNMISS chief rides with boda boda motorcyclists in campaign for peace and safety The streets of Juba were today lit up in midday excitement, as David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of United…
As the United Nations continues to send peacekeepers to difficult or war-torn environments like Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, those ‘blue helmets’ will need more and better coordinated support among the…
The medical team of UNIFIL’s Ghanaian Battalion (GHANBATT) organized a joint Combat Medicare Course with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) personnel at the main Ghanaian base in Al-Qawzah this week. The two-day course held on…
The African Border Corridor Programme Technical Team (AUBP-TT) together with the Joint Technical Border Corridor Committee (JTBCC), with support from the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and United…
Some 60,000 people displaced by ongoing hostilities in Nigeria’s crisis-torn Borno state will receive life-saving aid thanks to an allocation from the United Nations-managed country-based humanitarian assistance fund.