News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

BENTIU – Peacekeeping is more than just a job for the Mongolian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. It’s a mission to connect with the communities that they came to serve. So, it’s no surprise…

EASTERN EQUATORIA – Residents in Eastern Equatoria State are pleased with the recently established parliamentary caucuses, which they feel are contributing to an improved way of handling intercommunal violence by adopting…

JUBA - Violence against civilians in South Sudan is escalating to record levels, according to a new report by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, which documents 1,607 victims in the first quarter of this year, the…

WAU/JUBA – A General Court Martial, supported by the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces, concluded in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, on 5 July. It was preceded by two investigation missions to Wau and Jur River counties where…

JUBA - As South Sudan approaches 14 years of independence, I reiterate the United Nations’ ongoing support to the country and its people. This year’s Independence Day offers South Sudan’s leaders a renewed opportunity to…

CENTRAL EQUATORIA – Margret Ceasar is not just a 60-year-old mother of six but also stands at the forefront of the women’s rights movement in South Sudan’s capital Juba. As the leader of a local development association, she…

WARRAP – To help implement a recent peace deal struck in Wau by Twic and Ngok Dinka youth, a coalition of civil society activists and leaders in Twic County have circulated key resolutions of the agreement in six areas of…

UNITY - In South Sudan, entrenched patriarchal norms and the effects of years of conflict continue to hinder women from participating in peacebuilding and governance. Early marriages, widespread gender-based violence, and…

UNITY – “I lost my husband and three children,” said Tabitha Nyaluak. “But I still believe that we have no way out of repeated conflict if we don’t connect with each other.” Tabitha is one of many community members whose…

WARRAP – It’s a good day at the Kuajok prison—a baby has been born, and this tiny little life is emblematic of the positive impact prison reforms, particularly vocational training, has been having on the lives of inmates. As…

WARRAP- Overcrowded cells, no ablution facilities, a lack of water—these are only some of the challenges that prisoners and officials face in Liet-Nhom Central Prison. “We literally do not have a roof over our heads,” says…

AKOBO/BOR – Many young South Sudanese women and men are involuntarily idle and desperate for any opportunities to earn qualifications that may lead to gainful employment or enable them to start their own small businesses. In…