News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Floods in Uvira: MONUSCO engaged alongside the local populations and authorities. Photo MONUSCO/Force The torrential rains that fell on the city of Uvira, in the South Kivu province, from Thursday 16 to Friday 17 April 2020, caused floods with significant material damage and several deaths (about…

UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 273 - 20 April 2020

COVID-19: MONUSCO awarness of barrier gestures for road traffic police officers in Goma. Photo MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani Even if there are very few cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Goma, the capital city of the North Kivu province, the fact remains that masks and barrier gestures are essential…

David Gressly to the population of Ituri : ‘’ We stand on your side ‘’. Photo MONUSCO/Force ‘’ What we have seen and heard is just unacceptable." It was a visibly shocked David Gressly speaking on Friday April 17, 2020 from Bunia airport before flying to Goma, wrapping up a 24-hour visit to Ituri…

UNMISS engineers assist the High-Level COVID-19 Taskforce in clearing an overgrown area around a proposed isolation facility in Yambio, Western Equatoria. Awareness-raising regarding preventative measures such as frequent handwashing, enforcing physical distancing and restricting movements has been…

Security and Gender Group (SGG) urges the government to adopt measures to address the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe will be profound, as it brings the world economy towards a recession. Emerging evidence on…

The United Nations 75th anniversary and beyond. The United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary at a time of great challenge, including the worst global health crisis in its history. Will it bring the world closer together? Or will it lead to greater divides and mistrust? Your views can make a…

An international travel freeze, drastically reduced domestic flight schedules, self-isolating staff members, personnel telecommuting from within or outside the country, only essential travel outside of UN bases, enforced physical distancing, psychosocial support available online or on the phone: the…

Hiroko Hirahara, Head of the UNMISS Field Office in Bentiu, pictured meeting representatives of displaced persons from the UNMISS Protection of Civilians site in Bentiu as well as national authorities to discuss joint measures for curbing rising criminality in and around the site. The meeting took…

Khartoum, 22 April 2020 – As part of UNAMID’s continuous support to the Government of Sudan in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, UNAMID’s Joint Special Representative /Joint Chief Mediator (JSR/JCM) Jeremiah Mamabolo, gifted five serviceable 4x4 vehicles, four high-capacity power generators and a…

Data from 186 countries indicates overwhelming public support for international cooperation – with a significant increase since COVID-19 began spreading around the world. Collected through hundreds of conversations and an online survey, the data is part of the United Nations’ 75th anniversary…

On 22 April 2020, UNMISS launched a month-long mobile awareness-raising campaign in Jonglei and the greater Pibor area on simple but effective steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The campaign is being broadcast through local radio stations in different languages and disseminated via speakers…