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Late Friday night the United Nations Security Council condemned “in the strongest terms” an attack earlier in the day on a vehicle of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) that killed a…
Late Friday night the United Nations Security Council condemned “in the strongest terms” an attack earlier in the day on a vehicle of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) that killed a…
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Mogadishu – Dozens of youth hit the pavement in the Somali capital today, taking part in the city’s first mini-marathon in decades to mark the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. The four-kilometre race…
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Mogadishu – Ronaldo. Messi. Neymar. The names of football greats who are celebrated by fans around the world, including those in Somalia. Someday, the sport’s Somali fans could have a national idol of their very own if 21…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Major General Gebre Adhana Woldezgu of Ethiopia as his new Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).Major…
David Penklis, DMS and Lisa Buttenheim, ASG Department of Field Support visit the regional office in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County.Photo: Yang Wang | 23 Oct 16 Peacekeeping missions are required to set up offices in all kinds of…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the Security Council have strongly condemned an attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali and underscored that such attacks may amount to war crimes under international law.
David Penklis, as the Director of Mission Support, a key enabler for implementation of a peacekeeping mandate, has been leading the efforts to close down what was once one of the UN’s largest missions. Previously, he served…
UNIFIL’s Republic of Korea Battalion (ROKBATT) recently organized taekwondo classes, running for three months, for their fellow peacekeepers at the Sector West Headquarters in Shama. A total of 72 peacekeepers from eight of…
Timely support from UNIFIL’s Indian and Spanish peacekeepers to the Lebanese Civil Defence firefighters in putting out a large fire averted a major damage to the communities in Hasbaya, south-eastern Lebanon, on Wednesday…
UNMISS fire response teams remove swiftly crash-landed plane from runway Fire response teams from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) swiftly removed a cargo flight that crash-landed at Wau Airport from the…
UNMISS fire response teams remove swiftly crash-landed plane from runway Fire response teams from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) swiftly removed a cargo flight that crash-landed at Wau Airport from the…