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Ghanaian peacekeeper Lt. Abdul Rahim Yamusah teaching at Aweil Secondary School. UNMISS photo/Emmanuel Kele United Nations peacekeepers stationed in South Sudan's Aweil area have started giving English and Mathematics lessons…

On 11 June 2019, the last regular meeting of the NGO Networking Group was held at the Ledra Palace Hotel in the UN Buffer Zone, Nicosia. Junior Achievement-Cyprus, a nongovernmental organisation, presented their work at the…

Russian Language Day With the support of the Staff Welfare Committee, MINURSO celebrated on 6 June 2019, the Russian Language Day. Russian Military Observers serving in the Mission Team Sites got together at MINURSO HQ and…

A group of women waits to welcome a high-powered delegation of politicians from South Sudan’s north. Gogrial area’s Governor Victor Atem Atem and his Twic counterpart, Governor Atem Madut Yak are jetting in onboard United…

It’s a crisp Saturday morning. The sun is out, and so are close to a thousand Juba-based peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Charged and motivated, they have shown-up early, and are ready to…

It may have started like any other day, but this was no ordinary day for a bunch of excited South Sudanese students. Marking the Day of the African Child a couple of days early, they took on the reigns of the UN Radio station…

Zimbabwe’s Emma Madziva stands at attention as a medal is pinned on her left breast pocket, just next to her name tag. The five-feet-three-inches-tall peacekeeper now proudly wears her first-ever United Nations medal…

Trained as a chemical engineer and a lawyer, one would have thought that Viola Hoxha and Valentina Korbi would be tucked somewhere in the comfort of home in Tirana, the capital of Albania. However, now at the ranks of captain…

Patients at Torit’s main hospital have one thing less to worry about, thanks to the timely intervention of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), which has got water flowing again at the health facility. Since…

UN General highlights the role of UNMOGIP to his audience on Medal Parade Day April 25th, 2019 On the occasion of medal parade day, Maj General Jose Eladio Alcain informed the audience, including Ambassadors, members of the…

International day of UN Peacekeepers observed at UNMOGIP Wednesday, 29th May 2019 Every year on 29 May the United Nations commemorates the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. On this day, the United Nations pays…

UNMOGIP Activities as Peacebuilding UNMOGIP continues to share and explain its role to various stakeholders from within the region as well as the international community. Efforts along this line as directed by Head of Mission…