News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

24 April 2012 - Responding to the continued threat of bombardmentin northern South Sudanese border states, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is speeding up the relocation of returnees, according to a statement released today. "IOM is concerned at the (effect of) increasing tensions…

23 April 2012 - To create awareness of their eight-year work plan to demobilize 150,000 ex-combatants, South Sudan's disarmament commission today held its first sensitization forum in Wau, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State. This second phase of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) would…

25 April 2012 - As part of the Jonglei peace process that began in early April, three-day forums aimed at resolving conflict between communities began today in the capital Bor and three other towns in the state. Opening the event in Bor, Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul, chairman of the Presidential…

27 April 2012 - Returnees who were stranded at Heglig in Sudan's Southern Kordofan State when fighting erupted between the forces of Sudan and South Sudan have begun their journey home to greater Bahr El-Ghazal. Comprising 595 individuals, they are currently being accommodated at a way station in…

27 April 2012 - To boost food productivity in Western Equatoria, the state Ministry of Agriculture conducted a one-day crop management workshop today in the capital Yambio. The ministry provided four agricultural experts to train the 24 farmers from Nzara and Yambio counties who attended the…

26 April 2012 - Over 1,300 animals were treated in a one-day mobile veterinary camp conducted by the UNMISS Indian battalion today in Makolchuei village in South Sudan's Jonglei State. Main illnesses afflicting the animals included internal parasites from unhygienic water and feed, respiratory…

27 April 2012 - Newly appointed state officials of South Sudan's Unity State, which has recently suffered through several bombing raids, pledged today in the capital Bentiu to protect and unify residents. The swearing in ceremony included 15 ministers, six advisors and nine county commissioners…

1 May 2012 – In tackling the underlying causes of conflict in Jonglei State, a four-day all-community conference kicked off today in the capital Bor. Under the theme "Peace, reconciliation and tolerance", the conference brought together ethnic groups from greater Pibor, Bor, Akobo and Fangak…

2 May 2012 - The Security Council has called on Sudan and South Sudan to immediately end hostilities and resume negotiations within two weeks to resolve all outstanding issues under threat of sanctions. In a unanimously adopted resolution on 2 May, the 15-member world body said the parties must…

1 May 2012 - A top UN official voiced concern today about the plight of thousands of South Sudanese stranded at Kosti in Sudan's While Nile State, where they have been waiting for barges to take them back to their country. Of the 12,000 to 15,000 South Sudanese marooned at Kosti barge embarkation…

3 May 2012 - As disarmament continues in Jonglei, traditional chiefs at a peace conference in the capital Bor have called on state and national governments to protect unarmed civilians. Addressing the state's "All Community Peace Conference" today, the chiefs of Greater Akobo and Greater Bor…

Dismayed at the herds of cattle invading his county, village headman Kenyui Danga said he feared his crops would become animal fodder. Like many residents of Kajokeji County in Central Equatoria State, Mr. Danga was even more concerned about the weapons carried by the newly arrived herdsmen. "How…