News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

In a festive ceremony filled with cultural song and dance, the United Nations in South Sudan (UNMISS) officially handed over a police station in Wau town constructed under the mission’s Quick Impact Projects (QIPs). UNMISS deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) - Political…

The eruption of violence in July 2016 forced tens of thousands of South Sudanese civilians to seek sanctuary in sites within and next to the United Nations compound in Juba. Since that time, tensions have risen between those living in the Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites and nearby villagers as…

Thirty-five year old Mary Samson and her seven children are among thousands of civilians who fled to Deim Zubeir, in Western South Sudan, after fighting broke out in nearby Raja in April last year. They live in the compound of the Catholic Church in a makeshift shelter made from dried grass…

Ghanaian peacekeepers are providing hands-on support and training for cattle farmers across the Unity region to help them get through the rainy season and become self-sufficient in the long-term. More than 5000 cattle have been treated as part of the veterinary outreach programme which began in…

UNMISS PoC sites Update No. 171

The Deputy Governor of Jubek is urging humanitarian and development partners to work closely with the Government and local authorities to help South Sudanese communities become self-sufficient. Many communities in Jubek, Greater Equatoria region, are suffering from a lack of food, water and adequate…

Three UN-funded projects to renovate new police and court facilities in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan will benefit local communities by bolstering efforts to maintain law and order. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) funds quick impact projects around the country to improve…

Indian peacekeepers have today provided lifesaving medical assistance to a woman who collapsed near a UN base at Melut in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan. An 18-year-old internally displaced woman who lives in the Protection of Civilian site at Melut was returning from the nearby market when…

It has the sterile smell of an ordinary hospital as well as the same neatly packed surgical masks and gloves, medicines, needles and other supplies needed in a fully equipped treatment centre. The difference is, this is one of the temporary canvas wards at the newly opened United Nations Mission in…

Remarks to the media by David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, 12 July 2017, Juba, South Sudan CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY I would like to focus on three key issues, President Kiir’s Independence Day speech and the situation in Torit as a well as Pagak. President’s Independence…

The United Nations is today attempting to access an orphanage caught between South Sudanese government and opposition forces who have taken up battle positions near the town of Torit in Eastern Equatoria. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has repeatedly been denied access to the…

Mongolian peacekeepers responded with force to an attempt by uniformed soldiers to abduct three internally displaced people working on their farms near a UN base in Bentiu, South Sudan. Deputy Commander of Sector North Forward at Bentiu, Colonel Gaurav Bagga, said peacekeepers are on maximum alert…