News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

8 January 2014 - At least 58 civilians, mainly women and children, who fled conflict in Mundri last week arrived in the Western Equatoria State capital Yambio today. Violence broke out on 4 January in Jambo, Mundri East County, among the Sudan People’s Liberation Army soldiers, whose wives were left…

9 January 2014 - The 5,500-strong surge in UN peacekeepers and equipment for South Sudan could take up to eight weeks to be fully deployed on the ground, the top peacekeeping official said in New York today. “But our goal is to go as quickly as possible and we are grateful to those countries who are…

9 January 2014 - A top UN official announced today in New York the allocation of $15 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support relief efforts in South Sudan. “Conditions for the South Sudanese fleeing hostilities in their country are getting worse by the day,” said Under…

Juba, 12 January 2014 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) notes media reports (New York Times, 9 January) estimating that up to 10,000 people may have been killed since the conflict in South Sudan started on 15 December 2013.

12 January 2014 - There was nothing for South Sudanese people to celebrate on 9 January this year, a South Sudanese refugee now living at a camp in Uganda’s Arua District said recently.“Maybe people are celebrating in other states,” said Thomas Kueith, who hails from Jonglei State and is now living…

13 January 2014 - The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a new emergency operation to expand assistance to people affected by crisis in South Sudan, according to a statement the agency issued today. The $57.8 million, three-month operation aims to provide emergency food assistance for up to 400…

13 January 2014 - When Rebecca Gak heard shooting on 18 December, she ran from her small restaurant in the Jonglei State capital Bor, picked up her infant son and two daughters and fled. Her husband would follow later, she hoped. Somewhere in the bushes, Ms. Gak realized that her five and eight-year…

13 January 2014 - As hundreds of civilians continued to seek refuge UNMISS bases in Juba, the mission and humanitarian partners were preparing to move some internally displaced people (IDPs) to a new protection site, an International Organization for Migration official said today in Juba. “A new…

13 January 2014 - More than 400 displaced children in two UN bases in Juba today joined thousands of Central Equatoria State candidates in writing their Primary School Leaving Examinations. The examinations, scheduled for 16 December, were postponed due to violence that engulfed Juba and other parts…

13 January 2014 - Fighting in South Sudan threatens to increase hunger and unravel modest gains made in food security since the country became independent two and a half years ago, UN agencies warn. A major concern is the displacement of some 355,000 people since the conflict erupted a month ago…

Six Bosnian UN Police Advisors arriving in Juba to strengthen UNMISS capacity on 12 January. Bosnia now has 41 police in the country, with another 28 expected to arrive soon. Photo: UNMISS/Julio R. Brathwaite

14 January 2014 - The situation in Aweil North County was peaceful and security organs must work to maintain this, Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State Acting Governor Lino Adup Achier said today in Gok Machar. During a visit there with senior officials, including UNMISS State Coordinator Seth Kumi, the…