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A participant at the East & Southern Africa Regional Symposium on Women, Peace and Security
Nairobi, 23 March 2018 – UN Women of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) convened a symposium on Women, Peace and Security in Nairobi, Kenya, on 22-23 March 2018. The two-day symposium was a follow up to…
UNMISS has handed over a new women's resource centre to women living in Aweil town. In an effort to empower women in the region, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in Northern Bahr el Gahzal region has handed over two…
Flying across the vast desert in Northern Mali on surveillance and protection of civilians missions would be a challenge for any pilot, but Sandra Hernandez stands out. She’s the only female helicopter pilot in El Salvador’s…
Proactive and robust road repair work by UNMISS promotes nimble transportation and durable peace. The Chinese Engineering Company of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in Wau has completed more than 170 kilometres of…
Participants at the ICGLR Multifunctional Youth Forum (from left to right: Said Djinnit, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region; Eugene Wamalwa, Kenya Minister of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs; and Zachary Muburi Muita, ICGLR Executive-Secretary.
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Youth Forum – Kenya Chapter hosted a one-day workshop on the “Role of Youth towards Sustainable Development Goals and United Nations Security Council Resolution…
UNMISS has handed over a new women's resource centre to women living in Aweil town.
In an effort to empower women in the region, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in Northern Bahr el Gahzal region has handed over two quick impact projects to communities in Aweil town and in the Aweil East area. On…
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Flying across the vast desert in Northern Mali on surveillance and protection of civilians missions would be a challenge for any pilot, but Sandra Hernandez stands out. She’s the only female helicopter pilot in El Salvador’s…
Proactive and robust road repair work by UNMISS promotes nimble transportation and durable peace.
The Chinese Engineering Company of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in Wau has completed more than 170 kilometres of robust road rehabilitation, linking the towns of Kuajok, Wau and Tonj. The project, which began in…
Kajo-Keji is no longer the bustling town it used to be. Most of its residents have fled to refugee camps in Uganda and are not daring to return home. Greater Kajo-Keji, consisting of the four counties of Nyepo, Kangapo…
Kajo-Keji is no longer the bustling town it used to be. Most of its residents have fled to refugee camps in Uganda and are not daring to return home.
Greater Kajo-Keji, consisting of the four counties of Nyepo, Kangapo, Liwolo and Kajo-Keji in the Yei River region, was once blooming and full of life and farmers. Nowadays the area lays in ruins as most of its inhabitants…
Gamal Abdulrahman, UNAMID. On 17 March 2018, more than 2500 families were affected by a fire that ravaged parts of El Neem C for internally displaced persons, in East Darfur. A UNAMD Team, led by Mr. Innih Akpan, Officer in…
21 March 2018. Monrovia: (Left to right) the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Bintou Keita, the Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS)…