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UNMISS engineering troops repairing a stretch of road near Gudele Bridge, Juba. In total, UNMISS engineers from various countries are working on improving 1,200 kilometres of roads around the country.
The Japanese engineering contingent of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has initiated road repair work at Gudele Bridge in Luri County, Jubek State. The maintenance operation will cover 35 kilometres of road…
President Salva Kiir today pledged to improve relations with the United Nations. The photo shows Mr. Kiir in a meeting with the UNMISS chief David Shearer on 25 January.
President Salva Kiir today said that improving South Sudan’s international image and mending strained relations with the United Nations are two of his priorities. “Our relations with the United Nations have not been smooth…
GENEVA / TUNIS (21 February 2017) – The trial in Libya of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and 36 other members of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s regime represented a major effort by the Libyan judiciary to hold people to account for crimes…
Through speeches, poems and songs, women from Misseriya and Ngok Dinka communities shared their views on how to support the peace building efforts in Abyei that will eventually lead to the development of the region. Over 80…
Through speeches, poems and songs, women from Misseriya and Ngok Dinka communities shared their views on how to support the peace building efforts in Abyei that will eventually lead to the development of the region.
Over 80 women from Misseriya and Ngok Dinka tribes gathered in Todach village north of Abyei town on 14 February 2017 for the Open Day for Women, Peace and Security. The occasion was in accordance with the United Nations…
Bogotá, Colombia, 19 February 2017 - Around 300 men and women arrived on 18 February at the zone of Agua Bonita, in the department of Caquetá, central Colombia, where the UN Mission will verify the laying down of arms. This…
Food insecurity in South Sudan is on the rise, and children are among those worst affected. Photo: UNICEF.
Famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, where an estimated 100,000 people are already starving. “Famine has become a tragic reality in parts of South Sudan. Many families have exhausted every means they have to…
Andrew Gilmour, UN Assistant Secretary-General for human rights, on his visit to South Sudan. Here in Malakal on 15 February (in the centre of the photo).
(Scroll down for link to full radio interview) “Any word less than terrible would be an understatement. I think it is a terrible human rights situation and it is deeply distressing”. That’s how the United Nations Assistant…
- The UN in Lebanon
International funding for Lebanon in 2016 amounted to USD 1.9 billion, as shown by the funding update released by the Office of the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon. This amount includes a…
Ali Wafik Krayani during a kicking demonstration in the taekwondo competition organized by the Korean Battalion of UNIFIL.
- Peacekeepers' Corner
UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea organized a taekwondo competition among a group of school students from the UN Mission’s area of operation in south Lebanon earlier this month. A total of 31 students from five…
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PRESS STATEMENT 02/2017 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia, Michael Keating, condemned in the strongest possible terms today’s attack at a market in Mogadishu that reportedly killed at…
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KANDAHAR - Raising awareness about women’s rights and gender-based violence is the aim of a new UN-backed radio campaign in the country’s southern provinces of Zabul, Kandahar and Helmand. Panellists in the radio programmes…