News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMISS starts five-day mobile awareness drive using a tricycle with mounted loudspeakers broadcasting key preventative measures approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Yambio and Anzara. These messages are, of course, being broadcast in local languages widely spoken here. As COVID-19…

Madame President and Council Members. Thank you for the opportunity to brief you on the situation in South Sudan. I would like to begin by acknowledging the devastation caused by COVID-19 to the people and economies of all Member States and nations around the world. These are truly challenging times…

UNMISS Chief David Shearer briefing the UN Security Council on the situation in South Sudan. Juba, 23 June 2020: The impact of COVID-19 risks undermining the fragile health system in South Sudan, causing the death of many more people from preventable health problems than the virus itself, said the…

Young activists in Bor being trained on COVID-19 awareness, becoming ready to educate others. Training young social workers and activists on COVID-19 prevention, thus turning them into trainers of others, is one way in which the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and its field office in Bor…

Khartoum- 24 June 2020- For the past few days, the people of Darfur have been subjected to a great deal of suffering and unwarranted displacement due to renewed eruption of fighting between two factions of the Sudan Liberation Army, Abdul Wahid Al-Nur Wing (SLA-AW) which resulted in killings, rape…

Vehicles and water tanks were part of the UNMISS donation to the COVID-19 taskforce in Aweil. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has delivered an ambulance, two other vehicles and two water tanks to assist the work of the Northern Bahr el Ghazal State COVID-19 Taskforce Committee. An…

Face masks made by internally displaced tailors in Bentiu have been sold and delivered to UNMISS. How can one make a living while at the same time contributing to the welfare of others in times of a global COVID-19 pandemic? Angelina Nyalatna and four other internally displaced people in Bentiu…

Various actors in the arts and culture sector in the Central African Republic (CAR) have joined hands to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. They are 25 artists in the fields of music, theatre, cinema, painting, literature and fashion design among others, who came together, between 8 and 18…

This new school in Bazumburu, Western Equatoria, was built by UNMISS peacekeepers, ably assisted by the villagers. Under the branches of an ancient tree in Bazumburu, children gather together, excited and eager to hear the wise words of their teacher. Their only option for education is to attend…

A High-Level Sudan Partnership Conference in Berlin acknowledged young people, especially women and girls, as drivers of change for a democratic, free and peaceful country. Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. A High-Level Sudan Partnership Conference took place on Thursday gathering some 50 countries and…

Face masks donated by UNMISS makes it possible for people in Yambio to go about their lives and make a living while keeping each other safer from COVID-19. The market in Yambio is bustling with activity as people go about their business of selling and buying goods. This community in the Western…

UNMISS has donated a fire truck, a water tanker and essential protective gear to the fire fighters in the capital Juba. Years of civil war have devastated infrastructure and community services across South Sudan. The lack of adequate fire prevention and fighting services has been a huge problem with…