News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

24 May 2012 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the announcement of the Sudanese and South Sudanese governments to resume talks in Addis Ababa next week. The talks will take place under the auspices of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel. "The Secretary-General encourages…

24 May 2012 - About 900 returnees in Northern Bahr El-Ghazal received land certificates from the state government today at a ceremony held in Apada, a returnee settlement near the capital Aweil. Governor Lt. Gen. Paul Malong Awan officially launched the initiative, which transfers land to resettle…

25 May 2012 – Ten Juba Prison officers and four female inmates completed a two-week training course in sewing skills today that was organized by the Swedish Prison and Probation Service under the auspices of UNMISS. Participants received instruction in the use of a sewing needle, the threading of a…

28 May 2012 – The veterinary unit of the UNMISS Indian Battalion in Malakal has treated over 15,000 animals free of charge since last year, according to the unit's head Lt. Col. Ravinder Yadav. The INDBATT officer said that his unit has also organized a number of training courses for employees of…

28 May 2012 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for South Sudan Hilde F. Johnson stated that security and the consolidation of peace are vital to the future of South Sudan during a visit to Western Bahr El-Ghazal state. Ms. Johnson met with Governor Riziq Zakaria Hassan…

29 May 2011 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for South Sudan Hilde F. Johnson today urged UN peacekeepers to rededicate themselves to achieving lasting peace for the citizens of the Republic of South Sudan. Ms. Johnson was speaking during the mission's maiden celebrations of…

30 May 2012 – The UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is distributing seeds and tools to farmers in three counties of Northern Bahr El-Ghazal state in a bid to avert serious food shortages later this year. The counties of Aweil North and Aweil East are among a number of areas in South Sudan…

Joyce was among a group of 42 returnees who left a camp in Malakal on 29 May to board a flight to the Warrap State capital of Kuajok. The journey was the latest leg of a personal odyssey that began in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum two months ago and had not yet reached Joyce's final destination…

4 June 2012 – The head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in South Sudan Giovanni Bosco has lauded the work of humanitarian agencies in Northern Bahr El-Ghazal state. Mr. Bosco came to the state today to assess humanitarian operations following the recent…

4 June 2012 – The United Nations refugee chief today warned of a sharply worsening humanitarian situation in South Sudan's Upper Nile State, which has seena sudden increase in refugees arriving from neighbouring Sudan. "This is a dramatic change in an already difficult humanitarian situation," the…

4 June 2012 -- A one-day pilot training course was held today in Malakal by the South Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (SSDDRC). The first of its kind to take place in Malakal, the training course was supported by the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)…

Nothing could have prepared Martha Anei Lual for the changes in her life when she and her husband decided over a year ago that it was time to leave Khartoum and return to their hometown in the Northern Bahr El-Ghazal state capital of Aweil. The prospect of going home to a land that would soon become…