The Central African Republic (CAR) has spiralled into violence and remains one of the worst countries in the world to be a child and “right now there are few eyes looking at them and few hands trying to help,” the United…
The joint task force by the so-called Group of Five (G5) – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – to tackle the threat of terrorism in Africa's Sahel region is now operational, but a number of challenges remain…
Beyond Bentiu: In Search of a New Life Traditional huts, or tukul, of bamboo, mud brick and thatched roof stand strong. Women wait in line at the borehole for their turn to fill yellow jerricans with water. A group of men sit…
UNMISS Quick Impact Project: Handover Ceremony of a Solar Powered Water Project Provides Clean & Safe Water for Thousands Through its quick impact project programme, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan…
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali today confirmed the death of a national soldier and one UN peacekeeper in an attack by non-identified gunmen. “We mourn the loss of a United Nations peacekeeper killed in Mali…
The United Nations and the Security Council today condemned the attacks against camps of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, which resulted in the deaths of one UN peacekeeper, a Malian soldier and a member of the Malian…
Photos by Fatlinda Daku On 10-11 August, several enthusiastic young artists from different communities in Kosovo gathered on Mother Theresa Boulevard to express ideas of peace and togetherness through painting. Following the…
Mohammad Istanbouli, 6, captures his friends’ theatre performance with his professional camera. UNIFIL’s Deputy Head of Mission and Director of Political and Civil Affairs, Imran Riza, and Commander of UNIFIL’s Sector West…
German Foreign Affairs Minister Visits UN Base in South Sudan The Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, David Shearer, has expressed his gratitude to Germany’s Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs for the country…
Alison Smale is the Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, United Nations Department of Public Information. Photo: YouTube/Hertie School of Governance United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has…
Investing in women and girls must be central to global efforts towards sustainable peace and development in both Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations deputy chief said today. “Both have…