News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has officially handed over Bor Youth Resource Centre to the Bor County authorities and the Youth Leadership on Friday 19 February 2016. The Bor Youth Resource Centre was built using Quick Impacts Project (QIP) funds and implemented by the National…

Aiming to strengthen relations with the local community, UNMISS recently launched a project to renovate Cueibet Secondary School in Lakes. UNMISS Head of Field Office, Kwame Dwamena Aboagye, revealed that the Mission would use from its Quick Impact Projects to renovate four classrooms, three offices…

Over 50 newly recruited and fire brigade Officers, forty five men and ten women have graduated in Yambio to protect the civilians from fire outbreak and other related hazards which affect their community. This is the second group of graduates to be stirred out since the Fire Brigade force was…

UNMISS peacekeepers from the Bangladesh Force Marine Unit today offered free basic treatment to residents of Gabur village in Mangalla. A team of 16 members from the marine unit’s medical team conducted the exercise, during which a total of 411 patients with different diseases were treated and…

The team leader of the UNMISS Child Protection Unit (CPU) and representatives from the Mission’s Communication and Public Information Section (CPIS) paid a visit to Hope for South Sudan Orphanage in Motti South West of Torit town. The visit was structured by the Child Protection Unit as part of its…

Persisting problems with freedom of movement continue to make it difficult for monitors to investigate alleged violations of the Permanent Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements (PCTSA). These and other challenges were reported by CTSAMM at its 4th meeting, today, in Juba. “The…

Over 70 women living at the UNMISS protection of civilians (PoC) site in Bentiu attended an open peace forum yesterday. The meeting, which was organized by the Mission’s Gender Unit, focused on the important role of women in preventing and resolving conflicts, peace negotiations and peace-building…

More than 800 households which lost property during violence in the Ikpiro residential area in Yambio have received humanitarian assistance. The internally displaced people fled their homes for safety when fighting broke out between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army and an armed group in Ikpiro in…

In the opening commemoration ceremony of International Women’s Day on in Aweil, participants and partners stressed that women must be empowered to make a change in the Society. Speaking during the event, Ajak Michael Kuel, a senior government official in Aweil, urged women to take education…

Kuajok joined the world in commemorating International Women’s Day with commitment to the well being of women across the state. During the remarks, State Deputy Governor, Santino Akot Abiem, and William Chan Achuil said peace is achievable in the country when women are educated and have been given…

#IWD2016; In Rumbek, the Women's Association had taken the lead in the organization of International Women’s Day, supported by UNMISS and other partners. “Today we are calling upon the government and members of the general public to uphold, respect and promote women’s rights so that there is an end…

The Women’s General Union, in collaboration the UNMISS commemorated the IWD in the form of fasting, marching and prayer to in Freedom Square, in WES Yambio town. During her remarks, the chairperson for the Women’s General Union, Madam Christine Mbazande, urged the authorities to protect women by…