Peacekeeping news

Residents in the area showed up en masse to enjoy the Yei peace football tournament - and being able to move around freely, without fear of insecurity. Yei Freedom Square was this past weekend the scene of scintillating…

The United Nations and its partners plan to deliver much-needed relief assistance to the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta this week, the global organization’s humanitarian wing said on Sunday.

The two deadly terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ougadougou, on Friday have been strongly condemned by the United Nations.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of three aid workers Thursday night in Rann town in Borno state, Nigeria, following an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.

A United Nations leadership forum held recently in the Wau Shilluk area emphasised the need to encourage peaceful co-existence between the Shilluk and other ethnic groups, as communities return to the area following their…

UNIFIL today organized the visit of a group of 23 French university students to the Mission Headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon. During the visit facilitated by UNIFIL’s Civil Affairs Office, the students from Paris…

UNIFIL peacekeepers organized a traffic safety workshop in Shama, south Lebanon, yesterday for more than 200 young school students from the Mission’s area of operation. The Italian and Tanzanian peacekeepers attached to the…

Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. On 26 February 2018, hundreds of internally displaced persons, including community leaders, women and youth groups, as well as students attended a one-day cultural festival held at Zam Zam camp…

The United Nations mediator for the Syrian conflict on Thursday said the world body has not given up on the implementation of a recent Security Council resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire across the war-ravaged country.

Secretary-General António Guterres and the United Nations Secrurity Council have strongly condemned the attack in Mali that killed four Bangladeshi peacekeepers and seriously injured four others in Mopti region on Wednesday

This month marks 40-years since the establishment of the UNIFIL Peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon. Starting today, and through the month of March, we will look back at the service and sacrifice of thousands of UN…

Monrovia - On 28 February 2018, a graduation ceremony of a three month Advanced Course on Women, Peace and Security supported by UNMIL was convened at the University of Liberia (UL) Auditorium in Monrovia. The ceremony…