UNRCCA co-organizes workshop on strengthening Climate Security and Peacebuilding Capacities in Central Asia and Afghanistan
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PR: MONUSCO and ICGLR have deployed a joint exploratory assessment mission to Uvira, DRC in support of ceasefire monitoring
Kinshasa, 24 February 2026 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) have deployed a joint exploratory and preliminary assessment mission to Uvira, South Kivu, from 23 to 27 February 2026, following consultation with the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and chairperson of the ICGLR, His Excellency…
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UN Special Coordinator Advocates for Enhanced Representation of Women in Lebanon’s Parliament
Following the decision by Lebanon’s Interior Ministry to call for legislative elections on 10 May 2025, United Nations Special Coordinator
Parfait Onanga-Anyanga will serve as the Officer-in-Charge Head of Entity/SRSG UNOCA
On Monday, February 23, 2026, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga was appointed Acting Administrator of the role of Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), a few days after the end of Abdou Abarry's mission. Mr. Onanga-Anyanga, who has been the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union…
Bunia: MONUSCO trains women detainees at the central prison to support their reintegration
How can we ppromote the social and professional reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals after their release from prison?
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UN Supports Great Lakes Region in Combating Arms Trafficking
The UN Supporting a regional initiative to combat the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) in the Great Lakes region
UNMISS-supported mobile court in Mundri can’t come soon enough for victims of crime
MUNDRI - The journey to justice in Greater Mundri is a long and difficult one. Traveling more than 200 kilometers from Yambio, in Western Equatoria, an assessment team escorted by United Nations peacekeepers moves slowly along rough, dusty roads, determined to reach communities that have waited years for their day in court. Their mission: to prepare for the deployment of a mobile court expected to begin next month. This important initiative can’t…
Of hopes and hearts: Juba orphanage inspires futures once unimaginable
JUBA – It’s a quiet Saturday at the Confident Children out of Conflict center in Juba. While violence is rising across the country, the space is a rare sanctuary amidst the chaos. A sanctuary that has become home to 52 children. Having been subjected to all kinds of hardships or abuses, they have found a place to rest and heal. To explore passions and interests that will define their futures. Kidende loves spending her free time indulging in the…
Child trafficking by gangs is putting Haiti’s future at risk
A UN report published on Friday details the brutal and widespread trafficking of children by Haitian gangs, warning their actions threaten not only the wellbeing of today’s children but also of future generations. The report, issued jointly by the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), states that most of the 26 gangs currently operating in Haiti are involved in child trafficking. It describes the different…
UNMISS engineers battle climate shocks to protect 300,000 people against rising floodwaters in Bentiu
UNITY - A most troublesome scenario is unfolding in Unity State. Even though the rainy season is long gone, the stagnant waters that hold the town of Bentiu hostage after years of extraordinary flooding are continuing to rise. Vigilantly monitoring the water levels and maintaining the dykes that provide the only barrier between the water and residents are members of the Pakistan Military Engineering Task Force, serving with the United Nations…
22 June 2008 -- The Police component of the African Union- United Nations Mission in Darfur, (UNAMID) conducted its first training programme in Criminal Investigations for the Government of the Sudan (GoS) Police officials in…
29 May 2008 -–UNAMID confirmed today that a Ugandan civilian police inspector serving with the operation has been “brutally and shamelessly murdered” in the north of the strife-torn region of Sudan. Inspector John Kennedy…
22 July 2008 -- UNAMID police conducted their first helicopter patrol flights over five camps housing displaced persons in Darfur on Sunday, 20 July. The three-hour test flight was part of a UNAMID police initiative to use…
EL FASHER, 22 July 2008 - On the afternoon of 21 July 2008, a UN security officer was beaten up by military personnel of the Government of Sudan and then forced into a military vehicle before being taken to a Military base…
21 July 2008 -- AU-UN Joint Special Representative for Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, met in Khartoum, today, with Arab League Secretary General, Amr Moussa, who briefed him on his consultations with President Al Bashir and top…
22 July 2008 -- The Joint AU-UN Special Representative, Rodolphe Adada met today with the Governor (Wali) of North Darfur (Mohammed Osman Yousif Kibir) during which the latter reiterated the commitment of his Government to…
24 July 2008 -- 126 members of the Egyptian Engineering Company arrived today from Cairo joining 83 personnel already deployed in El Fasher on 7 June as part of the advanced team. UNAMID is expecting to receive the other126…
23 July 2008 -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir met briefly today with the African Union-United Nations Joint Special Representative for Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, and other senior members of the UN mission’s leadership when…
25 July 2008 -- The AU-UN Joint Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, today visited the peacekeepers convalescing in a Khartoum hospital who were injured in the attack at Um Hakibah in North Darfur on 8…
31 July 2008 –The Security Council tonight extended by one year the mandate of the joint United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Darfur. With 14 votes in favour and an abstention by the United States, a…
29 July 2008 -- The African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has been monitoring the ongoing reintegration training of ex-combatants into the Government of Sudan (GoS) Armed Forces and Police. More than 1,000…
28 July 2008 -- The Joint AU-UN Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur, Mr. Rodolphe Adada today received a report titled “Putting People First,” which was compiled by the Darfur Consortium, which groups more than 50 African…