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In Focus
Peace and Security
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.
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?
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.
A Poet’s Peace
Peace & Security
Nigerian artist becomes UN’s first Global Advocate for Peace.
It was just words until it wasn’t: A survivor’s call to counter hate speech before it’s too late
Peace & Security
On 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.
Editor Picks
CameroonThe UN General Assembly on Thursday elected by acclamation Philemon Yang, former Prime Minister of Cameroon, President for its seventy-ninth session which gets underway in September.
peacebuildingI use my voice to champion social justice, such as girl-child rights, maternal health, and peace
Sierra LeoneAmbassador Lansana Gberie of Sierra Leone warns of a new arms race that could divert important resources away from peacebuilding and sustainable development
MONUSCOThe UN’s second Trailblazer award for Women Justice and Corrections Officers has gone to Major Ahlem Douzi, an officer with the UN’s peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).
peaceUN Assistant Secretary-General for the Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions, Alexandre Zouev, acknowledges progress amidst global tensions and challenges within countries
Women Peace and SecurityGhanaian women push for an increase and strengthening of the meaningful participation of women peacekeepers as they explore the WPS agenda.
SudanOHCHRSudan: New UN report details horrific violations and abuses by both sides as fighting spreads.
SomaliaSomalia remains resilient and strongly committed to state-building but more is needed to sustain the gains made in the fight against terrorist insurgency.
SudanUN Emergency Relief Coordinator urges global action as 25 million Sudanese in dire need of assistance amid escalating conflict.
ZimbabweWe want the Pan-African Parliament to be a parliament of the people
peacebuildingIn Africa, Catholic Relief Services is helping communities to ‘address what divides them so they can find what unites them’ and together work towards transformational change