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The traditional leaders of the nine Ngok Dinka chiefdoms of Abyei have commended the United Nations for the proposed reconfiguration of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and for once again bringing…
Young people in the Gok area of South Sudan believe the recently-signed revitalized peace agreement is a significant step forward in the process of ending violence and the enormous suffering of the country’s people. This…
Students from the University of Juba listen attentively as one of their lecturers explains the contents of the revitalized peace agreement. South Sudan’s revitalized peace agreement has found 140 enthusiastic ambassadors at…
United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) Acting Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Gebre Wolzdegu, last Thursday, visited the Abyei Hospital which is renovated by the International Organization…
Civil society in Torit is calling on the government to put the South Sudanese people’s needs at the forefront of the new peace deal signed in Addis Ababa just weeks ago. Community leaders had the opportunity to express their…
- International Day of Peace
“With an unprecedented calm in south Lebanon of now 12 years – with the last two being the most peaceful – I believe we have a unique momentum to collectively help move that forward. The images around us reflect on the…
Joint Press Statement In the face of rising global levels of violent conflict, we – the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) – have identified a new set of forward-looking priorities for cooperation on peace…
“Expectations for peacekeeping have so far outstripped its resources,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told Heads of State and Government on Tuesday, as he opened a High-Level meeting marking the 70th anniversary of UN…
Off-duty UNMISS peacekeepers provide voluntary cleaning services on a recent visit to an orphanage in Juba. Silvia Kidon has lived at the Juba orphanage for a decade. Her mother died when she was young and she doesn’t know…
- International Day of Peace
SPLA soldiers march with civilians through the streets of Malakal town to mark the International Day of Peace The streets of Malakal town came to a standstill. In scenes that have not been witnessed here before, revered Sudan…
El Fasher, 24 September 2018 – A joint team comprising the African Union - United Nations Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) is currently providing emergency assistance to people…
Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. “Darfuri Artists Stand for Peace and Human Rights,” was the rallying call at this year’s International Day of Peace commemoration in El Fasher, North Darfur, as artists brought together hundreds…