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What I Do

Award-winning multimedia journalist covering humanitarian crises, conflict, and peacekeeping. Currently, covering UN Peacekeeping in South Sudan, filing video, web, and radio stories. 

Published In

VICE, ABC, BBC, Guardian, Asia Times,
The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, News.com.au, Herald Sun, Nine News Online, 730 Report, The Daily Telegraph, UNDP, UN Peacekeeping

Worked In

South Sudan, Lebanon, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Egypt, Venezuela, Australia, Ecuador,  Philippines, Portugal, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Colombia, 

Get in Touch

peterbatemanfreelance@gmail.com

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UNMISS provides force protection to fuel convoy from Wau to Bentiu

Across our missions, United Nations peacekeepers help create a secure environment that allows humanitarians to operate safely. #ActForHumanity In South Sudan 🇸🇸, insecure routes pose a massive threat to dedicated truck drivers. See how United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) peacekeepers help drivers transport vital supplies before the rainy season, to protect civilians and ensure humanitarian aid reaches those who need it the most. Video: Peter Bateman/UNMISS

Posted by United Nations Peacekeeping on Monday, August 19, 2024
Survivors of sexual violence finally get justice through UNMISS-supported mobile court in Bentiu

🕊️⚖️ Sexual violence survivor, Nyaruach, watched the perpetrators being sentenced to 10 years in jail at a mobile court in Bentiu 🇸🇸. Supported by #UNMISS, #SouthSudan's judiciary & #Norway 🇳🇴, the court is bringing justice to places where it has been absent for too long. Watch her story 📹👇🏾 #A4P Video by Peter Bateman/UNMISS

Posted by United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Monday, September 2, 2024

In #SouthSudan, millions have been displaced by civil war & are battling severe climate shocks. #UNMISS peacekeepers,...

Posted by United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Recently, #UNMISS opened a new temporary operating base in Abiemnom 🇸🇸, #SouthSudan. #ICYMI, watch how it all happened,...

Posted by United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Wednesday, August 7, 2024
@unpeacekeeping

Climate shocks have led to the worst flooding in Bentiu in over 60 years. As a response, Pakistani 🇵🇰 peacekeepers from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) work around the clock to maintain the supply route and protect over 300,000 civilians in the area. @unitednations

♬ original sound - United Nations Peacekeeping - United Nations Peacekeeping

#TuesdayTrailblazers Protecting civilians isn't easy, especially against the sort of climate shocks ⛈️that have ravaged...

Posted by United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Kids living in South Sudan's largest IDP camp share hopes and dreams

Hear how kids living in #SouthSudan’s largest displaced persons camp answered this question posed by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS): what do you want to be when you grow up? #PeaceBegins when children have the ability to live their dreams.

Posted by United Nations Peacekeeping on Thursday, January 18, 2024

Given continued tensions between armed groups in Unity and neighbouring Ruweng Administrative Area, #UNMISS sent...

Posted by United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Thursday, June 27, 2024
Mobile court in Koch keeps hope alive among communities

#PeaceBegins when there is justice for all. #UNMISS works with South Sudanese authorities to bring mobile courts to community members in remote areas who do not have ready access to formal justice mechanisms. Take a look at the impact! #A4P Video by Peter Bateman/UNMISS

Posted by United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Peace Begins With HER: Capt. Kuenzang Dema

Capt. Kuenzang Dema is a Bhutanese 🇧🇹 police officer serving with the United Nations Police - UNPOL in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Part of her daily activities include doing patrols at an internally displaced persons camp in Bentiu, where she interacts with the community on issues such as child marriage, education and peacebuilding. #WomensHistoryMonth #PeaceBegins

Posted by United Nations Peacekeeping on Tuesday, March 26, 2024
@unpeacekeeping

#WomenInPeacekeeping are critical to ensure peace operations reflect the communities we serve. Capt. Enkhoyun Ulaankhuu of #Mongolia 🇲🇳 shares her experience as a peacekeeper with UNMISS in #SouthSudan 🇸🇸.

♬ original sound - United Nations Peacekeeping

#WomenInPeacekeeping are critical to ensure peace operations reflect the communities we serve. Capt. Enkhoyun Ulaankhuu of #Mongolia 🇲🇳 shares her experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) 🇸🇸. Video: Peter Bateman/UNMISS

Posted by United Nations Peacekeeping on Thursday, November 23, 2023

Lt. Toby Kweku Chinson 🇬🇭 works as a veterinary officer at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). For communities like Leer where people herd cattle for a living, veterinary assistance is essential to promoting the peace process. #PeaceBegins

Posted by United Nations Peacekeeping on Wednesday, March 6, 2024
@unpeacekeeping

Lt. Toby Kweku Chinson 🇬🇭 works as a veterinary officer at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). For communities like Leer where people herd cattle for a living, veterinary assistance is essential to promoting the peace process. PeaceBegins

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Writing

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UNMISS peacekeepers from Mongolia protect delivery of vital supplies on insecure routes

WAU/BENTIU – As dawn breaks over Wau, Northern Bahr El Ghazal, 17 trucks, line otherwise empty streets around the United Nations Mission in South Sudan’s (UNMISS) field office here. Their destination lies on the other side of some of South Sudan’s most dangerous roads.However, these drivers, who deliver vital aid and supplies, are not on this journey alone. They will be accompanied by Blue Helmets from Mongolia as they transport essential fuel across state lines to the UN Peacekeeping mission’s...
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300,000 lives on the line – how UNMISS protects Bentiu residents from climate shocks

300,000 lives on the line – how UNMISS protects Bentiu residents from climate shocks

UNITY STATE - In the midst of 5,400 square kilometres of greyish, brown water and decaying trees, stands an ‘island.’

It’s tiny in comparison to the vast body of water that surrounds it – perhaps a little over three square kilometers – but the important thing is that it’s the last refuge for some 300,000 residents of Bentiu, the capital of Unity state in South Sudan.

The island is not a natural formation: It
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UNMISS assesses security and humanitarian situation in remote border communities

JAU, RUWENG ADMINISTRATIVE AREA – As the conflict in Sudan intensifies, the small border town of Jau, situated in South Sudan's Ruweng Administrative Area, continues to be a pivotal transit point for refugees and South Sudanese returning home.

Braving hazardous terrain and the risks posed by armed factions, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) recently sent a mission to Jau to assess the situation of the host community and newcomers alike.

“We used to welcome the occasional famil
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In flood ravaged Bentiu, UNMISS, South Sudan government continue protecting displaced people - South Sudan

UNITY – Viewed from the air, Bentiu, the capital of South Sudan’s Unity state, seems surrounded by large bodies of water.

On the ground, more than two years of excessive rainfall have taken its toll on communities living here.

The worst sufferers of these unprecedented climate shocks: A fluctuating population of some 100,000 – 160,000 people who live in temporary shelters at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp here.

To add to their burdens, the situation has been exacerbated by the in
Vice •

The UFC's 'Fight Island' Was a Strange Portrait of Covid-Era Entertainment

To understand why the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) decided to spend untold fortunes on an audience-free fight at an Arabian island during a pandemic, you need to understand the company’s president, Dana White. He’s a 51-year-old, Irish Catholic, former amateur boxer from Boston who’s become famous for turning mixed martial arts into a multi-billion dollar business. And for doing whatever he wants.