News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Civilians, fleeing violence in Upper Nile State capital Malakal, arriving at UNMISS base to seek protection. Photo: Photo: UNMISS/Kelfala Kargbo

24 April 2015 - More than 280 children have been released from the Cobra Faction, an armed group in South Sudan, the UN Children’s Agency (UNICEF) announced today. The release of 282 boys and one girl in Labrab, a village in…

27 April 2015 - The Eastern Equatoria State Ministry of Education today launched an adult literacy programme in the state capital Torit. Supported by the UN Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) and the…

24 April 2015 - UNMISS today launched work rehabilitating a primary school in Pariang County, Unity State. The Mongolian peacekeeping battalion in the state will implement the project, which is funded from the Mission’s Quick…

28 April 2015 - Two rival communities in Bur payam in the Torit County of Eastern Equatoria State recently reached a peace deal that is expected to end two years of conflict that has claimed many lives and posed serious…

Nepalese Formed Police Unit receiving instructions at UNMISS protection site in Bentiu, Unity State. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine

28 April 2015 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for South Sudan and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Loej, led a 20-person delegation to Pibor Town today to meet recently…

UNMISS Chief Ellen Loej meeting a former child soldier in Pibor on 28 April 2015. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy

30 April 2014 - Following continued violence in parts of Lakes State, UNMISS teams are regularly conducting joint monitoring patrols to verify claims of attacks in local communities. Different factors in the state, however…

UNMISS integrated team travels to Gun cattle camp in Marial-bek locality in Lakes State for conflict resolution roundtable with local communities. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine