News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

On Wednesday, David Shearer, head of UNMISS, commented on a variety of issues at a press conference in Juba. In Pibor, thousands of people watched as their homes were destroyed and crops washed away by heavy rains over the past few weeks. Residents of this community in the Jonglei region of South…

Bunia, November 16, 2019 - Twenty members of the Congolese National Police Force (PNC), including two women police, from Isiro, Kinshasa, Faradje, Dungu and Bunia have been receiving a 12-day training since November 11 in Bunia, Ituri about securing of the refugees’ relocation process for the South…

Technicians demonstrate the cluster munition surveillance process Magwi county was once home to a thriving agricultural community that produced staple crops like maize, beans, eggplants, tomatoes, and many others, which provided both physical and fiscal nourishment for its inhabitants and other…

People affected by violence in Rimenze meet with UN Peacekeepers on a recent visit. “It was so stressful here when they attacked us that night. But I don’t think they will return again because you are here and we believe in you.” A resident of the small town of Rimenze expresses his relief at the…

The sun is yet to rise above the skyline. But police officers and military troops are already gathering outside the gates of the Protection of Civilians site next to the United Nations compound in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. A pre-dawn briefing is underway so that everyone understands their…

Female leaders of civil society organizations in Nimule, Eastern Equatoria, being informed about women's rights as stipulated in the revitalized peace agreement. As if gently stirred awake by the affectionate early morning rays of the sun seeping in through a gap in their bedroom curtains, a group…

Women in Kuajok discuss the difficulties in obtaining 35 per cent political representation when cultural practices often impede them from acquiring the required skills. Women in Kuajok have expressed concerns about cultural practices impeding them from obtaining the 35 per cent representation in…

The "waiting room" at the only veterinary clinic in Bor, overseen by an UNMISS vet from the Indian Army. For Lieutenant-Colonel Richmark Fernandes, a peacekeeper from India serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, being around animals has always brought joy. “In my village, we had a…

There was much to ponder in the Lakes region when UN police officers trained their South Sudanese counterparts on community policing. The United Nations Police is currently training their South Sudanese counterparts in the greater Lakes region on community policing. The campaign, currently underway…

Officers from three different armed groups in Aweil have been learning how not to recruit and use children. High-ranking military officers from the government army, the main opposition force and the South Sudan Opposition Alliance have undergone training on understanding the legal framework of the…

Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. Nyala, 19 November 2019; the African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) handed over its Sector Headquarters in Nyala, South Darfur, to the Government of Sudan. The handover documents were signed by UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR)…

Chinese engineers carrying out road works in South Sudan's Bahr El Ghazal region. Chinese military engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have begun rehabilitation of major travel and supply routes in Bahr el Ghazal to help bolster economic growth and rapprochement in the…