News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Photo by Koné Mouroulaye, UNAMID. El Fasher, north Darfur; The Joint Field Committee (JFC), consisting of the Transitional Government of Sudan (TGoS) and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF)- Darfur Track in partnership with UNAMID, organized two consultative conferences to identify representatives…

A young soldier wearing a simple singlet and shorts stands proudly to attention amidst fellow troops at morning parade. But he soon struggles to maintain his upright posture, clutching his stomach and bending over, as heavy coughing wracks his body. He’s not alone in his suffering. A chorus of…

More than 100 young people who have been displaced by intercommunal conflict in Gogrial will receive training to develop new skills so they can support themselves as part of an initiative funded by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. The three-month vocational and skills development training…

Wildlife officers in Wau have developed a better understanding of how to protect and respect human rights after a three-day training workshop conducted by police officers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. About 50 officers participated in the sessions, including 19 female…

UNAMID photo. From 7 to 22 January, more than 140 residents, mostly youth from the Khor Abeche Camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in south Darfur, participated in a UNAMID supported training project on the molding of bricks using sand and cement. This capacity building project, implemented…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Mr. Zahir Tanin, met the Ambassador of Norway, Mr. Jens Erik Grøndahl, at UNMIK Headquarters on 31 January 2020. SRSG Tanin and Ambassador Grøndahl discussed a number of issues including recent political developments, the EU…

South-Kivu, RDC, 4 January 2020 - The first ever Pakistani Female Engagement team in any United Nations (UN) mission around the world received UN medals for serving in the Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). A team of 15 Pakistani women officers, on Friday, 31…

Disputes over grazing land, cattle-raiding, revenge killings, a proliferation of guns in the hands of civilians and hate speech are all contributing to a spate of violent clashes in the Tonj region of South Sudan. Political violence has reduced significantly across the country since warring parties…

Chiefs in the Aweil region of South Sudan have learnt the difference between using traditional justice processes and the need to refer criminal cases to legal courts during a human rights workshop organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Many of the chiefs at the workshop expressed…

Modern and traditional singers as well as comedians spiced up an advocacy for peace event in Yambio designed to educate local communities about the revitalized agreement and to encourage them to be ambassadors for peace. Hundreds of residents from areas surrounding Yambio in Western Equatoria…

Female members of the Bangladeshi military contingent serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan are inspiring women in the communities they serve to consider a career in the country’s security forces. Fifteen female Bangladeshi officers and non-commissioned personnel are serving as…

UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Italy conducted a five-day long training with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the Chewakeer training base in Tyre, south Lebanon. Innovative patrolling techniques, military hand-on-hand self-defense tactics and combat medical courses…