Peacekeeping news

Everyone was a winner when youth from villages surrounding Yambio got together for some wholesome football fun for peace. With catchy chants like “Viva sport, viva sport - we need peace, we need peace to cultivate our land”…

People affected by a wildfire in Nzara County seeking shelter under a mango tree that escaped unscathed. A wildfire has ravaged Nzara County in Western Equatoria, killing one person and leaving hundreds homeless. The United…

MONUSCO rehabilitates major road in Beni to facilitate troops’ and local populations’ mobility. As part of its mandate, the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo…

Future animal health workers observing their Indian tutor in action. Fifty-five community animal health workers have successfully completed a four-week training on livestock disease management. Indian peacekeepers based in…

Happy graduates at the vocational training centre run by UNMISS peacekeepers in Bor. Last week, Jacob Mayom Malueth and 32 other young men and women graduated after six months of coursework at the vocational training centre…

Civilians and military personnel in the village of Owiny-kibul near Magwi sign resolutions to improve strained relations. Owiny-Kibul, some 60 kilometres from Magwi, towards the Ugandan border, used to be a peaceful village…

President Salva Kiir holding hands with his First Vice President Riek Machar and three of his four Vice Presidents. The fourth VP was appointed on 23 February. (Text produced by the UN News Centre, New York) In a statement…

The service of Nepalese men and women has, for over six decades, been part of the bedrock of UN peacekeeping. In the Central African Republic (CAR), Nepali peacekeepers have played a key role in MINUSCA’s efforts in the…

In order to raise awareness and empower schoolchildren with practical tools to become safer road users, UNIFIL French peacekeepers together with Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces personnel carried out a pedestrian and road…

While carrying out its core tasks aimed at maintaining calm and stability in southern Lebanon in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 1701, UNIFIL peacekeepers, in coordination with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)…

One year after the signing of a peace deal in the Central African Republic (CAR), State authority is being extended throughout the country, violence against civilians has decreased, and an inclusive Government remains in…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a Tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN position in…