News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

5 October 2011 – To assist Warrap in dealing with unrest that has been plaguing the state in recent years, UNMISS Civil Affairs office held the first of a two-phase conflict management workshop today in the capital Kuajok. Attended by members of Warrap State Legislative Assembly (WSLA), the initial…

7 October 2011 – After receiving another influx of returnees in Warrap, the state government and an interagency humanitarian team verified and registered 74 people today in the capital Kuajok. Many of the returnees, who arrived yesterday from Sudan through Wau, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State, had fled…

7 October 2011 – The South Sudanese capital of Juba played host today to the country's first international business symposium and trade fair, which gathered together local and foreign investors as well as government officials. Officially opened by Elizabeth Majok, Undersecretary in the Ministry of…

10 October 2011 – Participants at a workshop that kicked off today in the South Sudanese capital of Juba have decided to set up a national network of experts to enhance gender mainstreaming at all levels of government and society. The five-day gender mainstreaming workshop, organized by the UN…

11 October 2011 – To plan forthcoming civilian disarmament activities in his state, Upper Nile Governor Simon Kun Pouch officially opened a two-day workshop in the capital Malakal today. The workshop was organized by the Committee for Disarmament, which is chaired by Upper Nile Deputy Governor…

12 October 2011 – Although they live in one of the main South Sudanese oil-producing states, ongoing fuel shortages have kept residents of the Upper Nile capital in the dark for the past three months. "Three months without electricity and fuel is very frustrating," said Malakal resident Paulino…

Juba, 14 October 2011 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG), Hilde F. Johnson today began a one day visit to Lakes State.

14 October 2011 – An assessment team from the Japan Ground Self Defence Force (GDSF) surveyed Juba International Airport today, as Japan mulls over the possibility of sending personnel to support the UN peacekeeping operation in South Sudan. The team, which arrived in South Sudan on 10 October, was…

13 October, 2011 – In response to acute food shortages in Jonglei State, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a $54 million project at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry yesterday in the capital Bor. State Minister for Agriculture and Forestry Mayen Ngor Atem…

14 October, 2011– In a bid to bring peace and reconciliation between the warring Murle and Luo Nuer communities, government and church officials in Jonglei State will begin separate peace building meetings with the warring tribes on 15 October. Peace and reconciliation conferences will then be held…

17 October 2011 – Civilian disarmament in Warrap State's Greater Tonj concluded peacefully today, bringing an end to the first or voluntary phase of the government-led campaign in the area. "We collected almost 800 weapons in our county and the process was peaceful," said Tonj South County…

18 October 2011 – The United Nations Children Fund has donated $160,000 (640,000 South Sudanese Pounds) to help complete a new children's ward at Malakal Teaching Hospital in Upper Nile State. "Once the ward is completed it will contribute greatly to the improvement of the services delivered to…