May 01, 2023
Africa: UN Peacekeeping Turns 75 - 'Peace Begins With Me'
A new photo exhibit on UN Peacekeeping opened at Headquarters on Monday, honouring the service and sacrifice of uniformed and civilian peacekeepers as it marks its 75th… Read more »
March 30, 2023
Africa: Women in Peacekeeping - UN Fund Calls for New Ideas and Investment
The UN's Elsie Initiative Fund (EIF) launched a fresh call for funding proposals on Thursday, aimed at improving opportunities for uniformed women to serve in peacekeeping… Read more »
March 22, 2023
Somalia: Funding for African Union Somalia Mission Critical to Security - UN Political Chief
The UN political affairs chief has underlined the critical need to ensure funding for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), warning that a shortfall could… Read more »
March 21, 2023
Africa: Young Poets Lend Their Talents to Promote Peace, Marking the 75th Anniversary of UN Peacekeeping
"Across identities and differences... over countries and continents... it is not hard to choose peace." These lines are from a new poem created to mark the 75th anniversary of UN… Read more »
March 07, 2023
Africa: 'Radical Change of Direction' Needed in Women, Peace and Security Agenda
New goals and effective plans on women's involvement in peacebuilding are needed before it is too late, the head of the UN agency leading global efforts to achieve gender equality… Read more »
February 21, 2023
Mali: Three UN Peacekeepers Killed As Vehicle Hits Explosive Device
Three peacekeepers in Mali were killed and five others seriously injured when their vehicle hit an explosive device, the UN Mission in the country, MINUSMA, reported on Tuesday. Read more »
February 07, 2023
Zambia: New Grant Gives Boost to Women Peacekeepers
Zambia's police force will get nearly $1 million to boost women's participation in global peace operations, a UN Women-hosted trust fund announced on Tuesday. Read more »
February 05, 2023
Africa: South African Peacekeeper Killed After Helicopter Comes Under Fire in DR Congo
A UN peacekeeper was killed on Sunday in the restive eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after the helicopter he was travelling in came under fire after… Read more »
January 26, 2023
Africa: Peacebuilding Must Be Rooted In 'Bedrock Of Inclusive, Sustainable Development'
While describing maintaining peace as core to the UN – it's very reason for being - Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned the Security Council on Thursday that it… Read more »
December 15, 2022
Africa: UN Launches 'Key' Initiative to Support Accountability for Crimes Against Peacekeepers
Holding those who commit crimes against UN 'blue helmets' to account, is key to improving their safety and security, peace operations chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Thursday,… Read more »
December 14, 2022
Africa: 'Dramatically' Evolving Conflict Highlights Importance of Multilateralism, Security Council Hears
Inter-State wars, terrorism, divided collective security, and peacekeeping limitations remain the same challenges facing multilateralism as when the UN was founded7 6 years ago,… Read more »
December 10, 2022
Africa: Does UN Peacekeeping Work? Here's What the Data Says
Failures on the part of UN Peacekeeping missions have been highly publicised and well documented - and rightly so. But if you look at the overall picture and crunch the data, a… Read more »
November 30, 2022
Ethiopia: Peace Agreement's Opportunity Must be Seized to Include Rights and Needs of Children Affected by Conflict - UN
The Agreement for Lasting Peace through a Permanent Cessation of Hostilities in Ethiopia, brokered by the African Union, is a milestone that provides an important opportunity to… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Africa: UN Chief Urges Security Council to Speak 'With One Voice' to Secure Peace
UN peace operations, which include peacekeeping and special political missions, "provide the space for political solutions" in some of the world's most complex hotspots,… Read more »
October 30, 2022
Central African Republic: Peacekeepers Turn Ground-Breakers in the Central African Republic
Handling heavy machinery is not one of the first skills that comes to mind when we think of UN peacekeepers, but construction skills are an important component of the blue helmets'… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Central African Republic: MINUSCA Support 'Decisive' in Security Operations to Protect Civilians, UN Envoy Says
Support from UN peacekeepers serving with the mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, has proven decisive in protecting civilians alongside Government efforts and amid… Read more »
October 05, 2022
Central African Republic: Guterres Says Govt Must 'Spare No Effort' to Help Bring Killers of UN Peacekeepers to Justice
The UN Secretary-General has expressed his deep sadness over the death of three peacekeepers from Bangladesh who were killed on Monday in the Central African Republic (CAR),… Read more »
September 01, 2022
Africa: Police in the Field Embody 'Promise, Hope and Optimism' of Whole UN - Guterres
Police officers from more than 90 countries who serve at UN operations around the world represent "multilateralism in action", Secretary-General António Guterres said in New… Read more »
August 08, 2022
Africa: Security Council Examines Capacity Building for Sustaining Peace in Africa
Greater investment in State institutions is critical to counter peace and security challenges in Africa, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday. Read more »
July 31, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Guterres 'Outraged' Over Peacekeepers' Aggression, Calls for Accountability
Secretary-General António Guterres is "outraged" over a "serious incident" that took place on Sunday morning on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and… Read more »
July 27, 2022
Africa: 'Good Strides' Being Made Towards Inclusive Peacebuilding, Security Council Hears
The UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) aims to adopt a more "ambitious and forward-looking agenda" in 2022, the body's Chair told the Security Council on Wednesday. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Guterres Strongly Condemns Attack On Peacekeepers Which Left 3 Dead,
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned an attack on peacekeepers serving in the Stablization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo… Read more »
July 12, 2022
Africa: Reliable Information 'A Matter of Life and Death', UN Chief Tells Security Council
Access to information is a human right, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday, underscoring that for peacekeepers, it can be "a matter of… Read more »
Africa: From 'Saga of Horrors' to Serving the World - Liberia Peacekeepers Honoured in South Sudan
"I recall the civil war in Liberia vividly," says Elfreda Dennice Stewart, a United Nations Police (UNPOL) officer serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Read more »
July 10, 2022
Mozambique: From Fighting to Farming - Supporting Peacebuilding in Mozambique
As Mozambique looks to move on from its violent past, a UN-led programme is supporting efforts to reintegrate former combatants, and give them a chance to lead productive, peaceful… Read more »