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Community policing the focus as UNMISS trains police in Bor
A three-day community policing workshop facilitated by an UNMISS UNPOL team took place in Jonglei State, building the capacity of police officers in South Sudan. Photo by Angellah Mandoreba/UNMISS. JONGLEI – With elections…
Left-Right: Nene Bah, Senior Gender Advisor, Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region; Hon. Janviere Ndirahisha, Regional Director for the ICGLR regional training facility in Uganda; Amb. João Samuel Caholo, Executive Secretary of the ICGLR; and Faridah Kibowa, Chair of Uganda National Women Council. Kampala, Uganda, 27 Nov. 2023 (Photo: Fiona Irakoze, ICGLR).
The Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region and the ICGLR address Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Great Lakes mining sector through a jointly organized event
Kampala (Uganda), 27 November 2023 - The Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, in collaboration with the Regional Training Facility of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), hosted an event…
Left to right: Bruno Lemarquis, (left) Deputy Special Representative to the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), Yacoub El Hillo, (2nd left), Regional Director for the Development Coordination Office for Africa, Susan Ngongi Namondo, UN Resident Coordinator in Uganda, Bagiire Vincent Waiswa, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda, Huang Xia, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region (2nd right), and Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, (right), Special Representative of Secretary-General to the AU and Head of the UN Office to the AU (UNOAU), during the second SPG Retreat held in Kampala, Uganda. Photo (William Sila, Office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region).
Senior UN officials in the Great Lakes region convene to deliberate on the implementation of the UN Strategy for Peace Consolidation, Conflict Prevention and Conflict Resolution in the Great Lakes Region
Kampala (Uganda), 12 December 2023 – The Senior Policy Group (SPG) of United Nations presences in the Great Lakes region met in Kampala, Uganda, on 11-12 December 2023 to review progress in the implementation of the Regional…
Knowing how to perform basic computer maintenance and how to repair mobile phones are marketable skills learnt by 25 young men and women in Lakes during an UNMISS-funded vocational training. Photo by James Mawien Manyuol/UNMISS.
Youth in Lakes graduate from UNMISS-funded vocational training
LAKES – A bright future sometimes begins with acquiring the skills needed to generate a sustainable income. In Rumbek, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) recently decided to improve the prospects of 25 young…
A three-day community policing workshop facilitated by an UNMISS UNPOL team took place in Jonglei State, building the capacity of police officers in South Sudan. Photo by Angellah Mandoreba/UNMISS.
Community policing the focus as UNMISS trains police in Bor
JONGLEI – With elections set to be held in just a year’s time, upholding the rule of law will be key to building and maintaining enduring peace. For this reason, and in line with its mandate, the United Nations Mission in…