Press Releases

TRIPOLI, 10 June 2022 - UNSMIL has received reports of clashes in Tripoli last night between armed groups, which endangered the lives of civilians, and separately of mobilization of armed groups, along with heavy weapons…

At the invitation of the Government of the Central African Republic, the Strategic Review Meeting of the Political Process in the Central African Republic was held on 4 June 2022 in Bangui, under the high patronage of His…

Jacqueline Feinting has blazed the trail for women peacekeepers ever since she deployed as one of the first Cameroonian women corrections officers to her first peacekeeping mission in 2014. Today, she serves with the United…

Dakar, 03 June 2022 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office in West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, concluded today a two-day working visit to Burkina…

As part of the military Operations Seka and Trailblazer, the Bangladeshi contingent of MINUSMA Force organized several civil-military activities from May 18 to 22 in of Anefis and Tabankort towns. To maintain good relations…

The United Nations Peace Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is one of the most dangerous places in the world for Blue Helmets. Since its deployment in 2013, more than 250 MINUSMA peacekeepers have lost their lives there. They have…

GENEVA (1 June 2022) - I commend the adoption of a law in the Central African Republic abolishing the death penalty and encourage President Faustin-Archange Touadéra to promulgate it. The death penalty is incompatible with…

Mboahangy “Fana” Rakotoarisoa is a Strategic Planning Officer in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) corrections component, a role that requires the highest level of…

Today’s world has changed and is unfortunately not at ease. Conflicts disturb and destroy people’s lives. Innocent civilians even have become a target. Threats are getting more complex. Violent extremist groups use harassing…

NEW YORK , 24 May (Department of Peace Operations) — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will award the “Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage” to the late Captain Abdelrazakh Hamit Bahar of Chad…