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The UNMISS Japanese engineering contingent has been praised for teaching self-defense skills to South Sudanese women.
UNMISS Japanese contingent has received a certificate of appreciation for its continuing contribution to building self-defense skills among women in South Sudan. Professor Pauline Elaine Riak, Deputy Vice Chancellor for…
South Sudanese police officers in Bentiu being briefed on respect for human rights.
The UNMISS Human Rights Division has trained 43 South Sudan National Police Officers, including five women, on international human rights and humanitarian law, sexual and gender based violence, violations committed against…
The political process in South Sudan is not dead but requires significant resuscitation, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the crisis-torn country told the Security Council today. “Regrettably, no party…
On 25 April 2017, the 45th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali town under the aegis of the United Nations, with the participation of Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM…
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Mogadishu - Somali women parliamentarians attended the opening of the first annual consultative conference since the conclusion of the 2016 electoral process to discuss their roles in legislative assemblies. The conference…
KABUL - Afghanistan authorities have made headway in their fight against corruption while enormous challenges remain, finds a new United Nations report released today. “For the sake of the country’s future, corruption in…
Flanked by local dignitories UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander starts a market walk in Bint Jbeil.
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Local farmers and traders had just started to assemble and set up stalls along the main street of Bint Jbeil when UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary, accompanied by local dignitaries…
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Baidoa - Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo today visited the capital of South West state to assess the effects of drought on the federal member state that has been hardest hit by the crisis. It marked the first trip…
On 19th of April, WHO supplied 13 Trauma Kits and 14 Incubators to Hospital in Sirte, Bani Walid, Tripoli, Zliten, Assabia, El Khadra and Benghazi. One Trauma Kit is sufficient for 100 major surgical procedures and each kit…
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KUNDUZ - The United Nations will do its utmost to support peace efforts in Kunduz and across Afghanistan, said the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan in meetings with government officials, civil…
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Baidoa - Somalia today launched a measles immunization campaign that seeks to vaccinate 110,000 children under the age of five against the deadly disease in the southern and central regions of the country. The campaign is…
The Kush dance group performs for a full house during Comedy for Peace at Nyakuron Cultural Centre, Juba. Photo: UNMISS/Amanda Voisard
(Scroll down for audio version and link to photo gallery) Roaring laughter filled the Nyakuron Cultural Centre to the brim and beyond as the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, organized a Sunday Comedy for Peace…