News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMISS and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports organized a cross-cultural event dubbed “UNMISS World Flavours” in Juba today. “UNMISS World Flavours” was celebrated at the Nyakuron Cultural Centre in Juba. The event featured various UNMISS sections explaining their work, as well as different…

A good laugh is said to prolong life, so can bringing people together to laugh also bolster dialogue, friendship and peace? That was the question at the core of Saturday’s “Let us laugh” festival at Home and Away in Juba. Judging by the great atmosphere at the UNMISS-led event, the answer is a…

As part of ongoing community outreach activities an UNMISS team paid a visit to the Hope for South Sudan Orphanage and School in Torit. The facility accommodates two hundred children, eighty boys and one hundred and twenty girls aged between the ages of 1 to 14. It also provides eight primary school…

As part of ongoing efforts to commemorate International Women’s Day on 8 March, UNMISS organized a women’s forum in Wau today. While the global theme for the day this year is “Pledge for Gender Parity”, South Sudan will celebrate under the theme, “Pledge to end early child marriage”. “This day means…

The UNMISS Child Protection Unit held a Two day workshop, in Bor, which flagged off on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 and came to a close today March 17, 2016 with Forty participants in attendance from the SPLA Division 8 command, Jonglei Prisons service, Bor South Sudan National Police Services and…

Over fifty community members of Bangasu Payam in Yambio county learn new skills on conflict management and resolution, the UNMISS mandate and other issues during a two day workshop organized by the UN Mission’s Civil Affairs Division (CAD), supported by the Human Rights Division and the…

Governor of Wau State urges the South Sudanese to develop a culture of dialogue and peaceful discussion by avoiding violent actions. The governor, Lt. General Elias Waya, made the remark while opening a workshop organized by the UNMISS Communications and Public Information Section for Wau State…

Thousands of citizens in Yambio county converged to Yambio Freedom Square over the weekend to witness a football match between girls and government officials which was organized by the county authority with the aim to promote peace in the county. The Commissioner of Yambio county, Hussein Enocka…

In order to understand the dynamics of the Upper Nile social fabric, Malakal Hazel Dewet, Head of Field Office in Malakal, made her first outreach visit to different faith and religious groups within the PoC site. The two day function covered issues of Mission cooperation with the IDPs in terms of…

Youth play a crucial part in the dynamics of the Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Malakal. To increase their understanding of the role of the peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, UNMISS on Friday invited 58 young people to a discussion held at the Catholic Church. The discussion with prominent…

The protection of civilian’s is paramount in the UNMISS mandate. The Mission’s RRP section in Malakal held a three day workshop funded by the UNMISS in collaboration with the Humanitarian Development Consortium (HDC) in the UNHCR conference hall in Malakal Log base. The training covered ongoing work…

In the last two days, a total of 260 opposition forces have been flown into Juba by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) aircraft and Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission or JMEC-chartered flights. These arrivals bring the total number to 372, more than a quarter of the 1,370…