News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) leaders in Wau are worried about the delay in the process to move forces to designated cantonment areas to pave the way for the formation of the national army in South Sudan. This was disclosed during the visit of the Head of the…

The Green Town Football Club of Aweil beat UNMISS 7-6 on penalties, with UNMISS missing the last spot kick in a football game that had ended 0-0 in regulation time. It was joy and jubilation for the visiting team at the end of the match, which was played to commemorate the World Health Day. “I feel…

Ensuring respect for international human rights and international humanitarian laws at all times and by all soldiers now forms part of the new action plan of the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) in the Eastern Equatoria region of South Sudan. This comes after about 40 high-ranking…

A public school in Marjayoun in south-eastern Lebanon got a science laboratory last week with funding support from UNIFIL’s Quick Impact Project (QIP). The $9,000-project, inaugurated amidst a ceremony on 4 April, benefits 227 students of the school, including eight from Syria, three from Egypt and…

“When will the Transitional Government of National Unity be formed?” asks Professor Majok Yen, a youth representative, who lives in a UN protection of civilians site in South Sudan’s capital, Juba. He has been displaced for just over five years now, and he is one of 200 others – women, men and…

A group of women sing and dance joyfully, as they welcome the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to their secondary home – a resource centre for women and girls. Located in Aweil, in the far north-west of South Sudan, the centre is a part of what is known as ‘Women and Girls’ Safe Spaces…

An entertaining cultural dance greets the head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), as he visits a vocational training centre in Aweil town, located in the north-west of the country. One would be forgiven to think the centre is an arena for riveting cultural performances, but a…

Photo by Kone Mouroulaye, UNAMID. On 9 April 2019, UNAMID peacekeepers provided escort services to a joint World Food Programme (WFP), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) needs assessment mission to Keiling village located 7 kilometers south of the…

Twenty-five years ago, in 1994, Celine Kalingirwa was just being born in Rwanda, fondly known as the land of a thousand hills. She was just three months old when a bloody conflict consumed her country, leaving about 800,000 people dead in 100 days. Hundreds of thousands of refugees were also fleeing…

On Thursday, the Security Council looked at the key role played by women in the UN’s peacekeeping operations. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange could be exposed to “serious human rights violations”, following his arrest in the United Kingdom, according a UN independent human rights expert. Fighting…

A UNIFIL delegation led by the Mission’s Sector West Commander Brigadier General Diodato Abagnara visited a women-only soccer team of south Lebanon recently as a display of encouragement for women’s participation in various spheres in the Mission’s area of operation. The soccer team called "Stars of…

UNIFIL head Maj. Gen. Stefano Del Col (centre) with Mr. Karl von Habsburg (left), President of Blue Shield International, and Mr. Sarkis Khoury from the General Directorate of Antiquities of Lebanon, during the Blue Helmet Blue Shield forum in Tyre on 5 April 2019. The Roman ruins, nestled by the…