News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

(Scroll down for audio version and link to photo gallery) Roaring laughter filled the Nyakuron Cultural Centre to the brim and beyond as the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, organized a Sunday Comedy for Peace event in Juba. “Comedy allows me to reach out to people with important…

(Scroll down for soundbites with transcripts, plus David Shearer interview ahead of the Security Council briefing) “No concerted effort” has been made by any of the warring parties in South Sudan to adhere to a ceasefire in the country, instead there has been an escalation in the conflict there, the…

The UNMISS Human Rights Division has trained 43 South Sudan National Police Officers, including five women, on international human rights and humanitarian law, sexual and gender based violence, violations committed against children and human rights standards related to arrest and detention. “The…

UNMISS Japanese contingent has received a certificate of appreciation for its continuing contribution to building self-defense skills among women in South Sudan. Professor Pauline Elaine Riak, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at University of Juba, awarded the peacekeepers during a self…

Approximately 200 students at Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology have been trained by UNMISS on gender and HIV awareness. The one-day session, organized by the UNMISS HIV Aids Unit and Gender Unit, sought to empower the students, a mere 18 of whom were women, with the…

(Scroll down for audio version) The warring parties in South Sudan have been urged by the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, (UNMISS), David Shearer to “stop the suffering they are causing, take responsibility for the lives they have destroyed and to uphold their responsibility to protect…

The flow of humanitarian supplies and goods is being expedited by the roadwork conducted by the UNMISS Indian engineering company. Since the beginning of 2017, 270 kilometers of road have become operational in Unity State. The Indian military engineering company maintained the only ground supply…

We are disturbed by the escalation of violence and subsequent suffering of civilians in South Sudan as a result of the recent government offensive. We urge the Government and other warring parties to cease hostilities, uphold their responsibility to protect civilians and cooperate with the United…

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.163

The first elements of the Regional Protection Force (RPF) of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have started to arrive in the country. The RPF Headquarters has already been established in Juba under the leadership of Brigadier General Jean Mupenzi from Rwanda. In addition, an advance…

Winny Paul has been training intensively in preparation for competing at South Sudan’s first national karate competition held in Juba over the weekend. “Practising karate makes me feel strong in mind and body and is important for my future, ” said the 20-year-old. Winny and dozens of other local…

GENEVA (4 May 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday urged the Government of South Sudan to halt any further military offensives towards Aburoc on the west bank of the River Nile in the Upper Nile region. The town holds between 35,000 and 50,000 people, most…