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This beat covers conflict resolution, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding activities; women’s involvement in peace and security; and efforts by individuals and governments to finally ‘Silence the Guns’ in Africa.

Kwibuka 32
Peace and Security

At Kwibuka 32: Reflection, Resilience, and Stories of Survival

Rwanda As the United Nations commemorates the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda we hear from survivors on their renewed purpose
Generals Opande and Agwai being honored with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Rokel.
Peace and Security

Beyond the Battlefield: A Blueprint for Lasting Peace

Peace & Security
A woman sitting amid a crowd of people looks up to her left while holding a baby wrapped in a light-coloured blanket with a cartoon animal pattern. A woman behind her, to the right of the frame, looks off-camere and is wearing a red, white and blue patterned dress.
Peace and Security

“I arrived with nothing but my life”

Peace & Security Women in South Sudan describe harrowing escape from violence
Do Nsoseme Dora
Peace and Security

Plant hope where tears reside: Art, resilience and Congolese women

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Zara Ellie, a dedicated mother and entrepreneur, leading the 'Hanoune' Savings and Internal Lending Community meeting in Koudoul, Chad, where members unite to foster financial growth and solidarity.
Peace and Security

Thriving societies need social cohesion, justice and inclusion — Ms. Nell Bolton

CRS staff addressing the community in Hashaba village, West Darfur, Sudan.
Peace and Security

Inclusive peacebuilding: Empowering women as agents of peace

Prof. David Francis
Peace and Security

As a UN Security Council member, Sierra Leone will promote peace, security and good governance in Africa

Army Spc. Angel Laureano holds a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine. Photo: Lisa Ferdinando
Health

Why AU should push for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines

In observance of International Women's Day, participants march from the centre of Monrovia to the Temple of Justice, home of the Liberian Supreme Court, where they staged a peaceful sit-in protest against gender-based violence. (File photo, 2007.)

25 years on: Why peace needs women at the table

As conflicts surge and peacebuilding funds shrink, advocates warn that ignoring women’s role in peace processes risks making wars longer and peace more fragile.
80 years on, what has the UN done for the world?

80 years on, what has the UN done for the world?

The UN’s 80th anniversary highlights its role in shaping peace, security, development, and human rights since 1945. Expert Natalie Samarasinghe reflects on its achievements, from peacekeeping and eradicating smallpox to advancing women’s rights and driving the MDGs and SDGs.
Nigerian poet Maryam Bukar Hassan becomes the first UN Global Advocate for Peace, meeting with the UN Secretary-General.

A Poet’s Peace

Peace & SecurityNigerian artist becomes UN’s first Global Advocate for Peace.
Germaine Tuyisenge Müller, Global Health Researcher, Author, Educator and Survivor, speaks during the 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda on the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda at UNHQ, in New York.

It was just words until it wasn’t: A survivor’s call to counter hate speech before it’s too late

Peace & SecurityOn the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, survivor Germaine Tuyisenge Müller reflects on how words fueled Rwanda’s darkest chapter—and why today’s growing wave of hate speech must be challenged with urgency, education, and empathy.
Annalena Baerbock, President-elect of the General Assembly at its eightieth session addresses delegations after her election.

Germany’s Annalena Baerbock elected President of the 80th General Assembly

Zainab Gbala

Zainab Gbla: The Peacekeeper who planted seeds of hope wins UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award

UN peacekeepingChief Superintendent Zainab Gbla, a Sierra Leonean working with the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Abyei, is transforming lives in one of Africa's most fragile regions.
Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana, 2024 Military Gender Advocate of the Year.

UN Peacekeeper honoured for championing gender in Abyei

UN peacekeepingGhanaSquadron Leader Sharon Syme of Ghana is the 2024 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award winner.
Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission

ECOWAS at 50: Our focus remains peace, security and prosperity

Social ProtectionDr. Omar Alieu Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, says the body is stronger now than ever.
Residents of the Kanyaruchinya camp near Goma flee on Sunday - fighting has overwhelmed the capital of North Kivu province.

Caught in the crossfire: The human toll of conflict in eastern DRC

DRCWFP calls for international intervention as displacement and hunger reach crisis levels.
Major General Anita Asmah was appointed as the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF).

Major-General Anita Asmah of Ghana appointed as UN’s first African woman Force Commander

GhanaShe will lead UNDOF that is mandated with maintaining ceasefire between Israel and Syria.
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session.

‘We won’t be silent as apartheid is perpetrated against others’ – South Africa

Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union.

Making the ‘Pact for the Future’ a Pact for Peace

peaceThe urgent need for collective action to safeguard peace in an increasingly volatile world.