Press Releases

On January 17, 2023, in Gao, Radio Naata celebrated the reopening of its broadcasting studio in its courtyard, at the foot of the mast of its transmitter. In August 2022, a fire had destroyed all the technical equipment of…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Aroldo Lázaro chaired a regular Tripartite meeting at a UN position in Ras al-Naqoura today. “Through 2023 we must prioritise maintaining the cessation of hostilities,”…

Bamako, 25 January 2023 - The trial relating to the attack on five peacekeepers on the road to Siby (near Bamako) on 22 February 2019, which led to the death of three of them, took place before the Bamako Court of Assizes…

The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Acting Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Ms. Giovanie BIHA, concluded today a two-day visit to Conakry, Guinea. The…

In this story series, UN Peacekeeping shows the impact of Action for Peacekeeping, which guides peace operations across 12 active missions. “This is an alert. This is not a test!” Commander Hossam Shafei, Chief of operations…

Bangui, January 11, 2023 - The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) confirms the arrest, on 10 January 2023 around 4 pm, of two of its staff members…

The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Acting Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Giovanie BIHA, briefed, today by videoconference, the United Nations Security Council, on…

To the people of the Central African Republic, our dear hosts, As Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the Central African Republic and Head of MINUSCA, I am honored to present to you, on…

Tripoli, 28 December 2022 - UNSMIL notes false online reports that SRSG Abdoulaye Bathily plans to announce a new road map and to form a new government. This sort of fake news is aimed at generating confusion about the…