News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Residents flocked to the new market structure in Tonj County, financed by UNMISS. Women of the Bongo tribe in the Aguka district of Tonj County have been craving a marketplace for years and their wishes have been granted. Thanks to a series of construction projects, they now have a brand new…

For several weeks, thousands of Mundari people – mostly women and children – have been surviving at Awerial Centre, located in the Eastern Lakes area, on nothing but wild leaves for food. Having borne a seven-year drought, the Mundari people who hail from Tali and Tindolo areas say the situation has…

Participants at a post-migration dialogue between Arab nomads and host community in Aweil East. A Malual Dinka and Misseriya post-migration peace conference has concluded in Wanyjok town in Aweil East with a proposal to convene a tri-state conference between Aweil East, Twic and Northern Liech to…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col met with Lebanon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Gebran Bassil, in Beirut today, with discussions focusing on a wide range of issues concerning UNIFIL’s work in south Lebanon and at sea in pursuance of UN Security…

Government and opposition authorities in Northern Liech have agreed to form a joint force to improve security along major roads, following appeals from participants at a recently concluded peace dialogue. At the peace forum, participants demanded an end to criminality in the Northern Liech area…

For 15 years now, Captain Yor Oraj has been sailing different boats and barges along the lengths, depths and breadths of the world’s longest river, the Nile, delivering much needed supplies for operations and troops, either northwards or southwards. Getting essential supplies to their destination…

The sounds of nearly thirty thousand people rejoicing filled Malakal this Sunday as ordinary citizens and functionaries from across South Sudan gathered to bear witness to the consecration of a new bishop for the Upper Nile region. Following a ten-year vacuum in the diocese’s leadership, Dr. Stephen…

Photo by Jane Some, UNAMID. Hundreds of people, comprising community leaders, women and youth groups attended an awareness raising campaign event and capacity-building workshop on the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, organized by UNAMID’s Human Rights Section and the Gender Advisory Unit…

Funding from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has made the construction of a brand-new prison possible in Chukudum town, near Kapoeta, in Eastern Equatoria. The prison, with capacity to hold two hundred inmates among four cells, will cater to male, female, and juvenile offenders, and…

After three difficult years living in a refugee camp in Uganda, Rachele Mindraa has made the decision to return to her native village of Anzara in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan. Sitting under a tamarind tree in her ancestral homeland of Nimule, Rachele described the challenges she…

The Malakal veterinary hospital has received a boost with a fresh makeover, thanks to the efforts of Indian peacekeepers stationed in the Upper Nile area, with support from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) regional field office. Acute need for veterinary services by the locals prompted the…

Seeking shelter from the sweltering sun under the branches of a huge tree, local chiefs pull away from the crowds of people to form a small inner circle, holding hands to signal their commitment to ending six years of intercommunal conflict. The ceremony to celebrate a new peace agreement, signed by…