News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Colleagues and friends of fallen peacekeeper Lieutenant Commander Ashraf Siddiqui came together in their hundreds to mourn his death at the Bangladeshi contingent’s UN base in Juba. The Military Liaison Officer from Bangladesh was killed this week in an armed attack on a UN convoy of peacekeepers…

Senior officers in the South Sudanese army (SPLA) have been meeting in Juba with a view to getting removed from the list of shame that bears names of perpetrators of grave violations against children. “We need to be serious to clear our names from the bad list,” declared Lieutenant General Johnson…

You are a prison officer and an inmate is trying to escape. What can you do about it? Or more importantly: what should you do to stop the want-to-be fugitive? “How about you chase him? You may be faster than he is. Shooting him should definitely not be your first option, but your very last. In fact…

Eight United Nations police officers from Portugal, four women and four men, have recently joined the United Nations Mission in South Sudan for a one-year deployment. The new arrivals are the first Portuguese police officers to serve in the country. “We are excited to be here to help to fulfil the…

The Nepalese High Readiness Company are an elite unit of soldiers with a unique set of military expertise and experience that makes them highly sought after in peacekeeping operations. The troops demonstrated the extent of their specialist skills at a medal pinning ceremony celebrating their service…

Few civilians would know it, but there is a lot more to a medal parade ceremony, a frequent occurrence in any peacekeeping mission, than the handing out of pieces of suitably engraved metal. Captain Divyesh Singh Bhandari from India, parade commander for last week’s ceremony in Malakal, let us in on…

3 July 2018 - UNMISS PoC sites Update No.202

Madiu John is a survivor. She has survived despite having no food and no home. She has survived brutal fighting all around her. She has survived rape. The South Sudanese woman and many others who have sought sanctuary in a United Nations site protected by peacekeepers shared their stories with the…

A delegation led by United Nations Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, has visited the town of Malakal, in South Sudan’s Upper Nile region. “I work in many countries to see how to prevent sexual violence, how to support victims of sexual violence and how to…

Rebecca Simon spent 18 years without a single child. She traveled to Kenya, Uganda and Sudan, but was unable to find a doctor who could treat her condition. Now, after having been airlifted by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan from Pariang for surgery in Bentiu, her fistula problems are…

Thousands of miles away from home, in the service of peace in South Sudan. It is clear to for all to see the pride and beaming smiles of the 850 Bangladeshi peacekeepers when they received UN medals for their commitment to serve the organization and the people of the country. An advanced team of 255…

During its eight months of operation, a clinic at the Juba Teaching Hospital has already received more than 1,300 women and children seeking treatment for injuries and trauma caused by sexual violence. They are among many more survivors of rape and other abuse perpetrated across South Sudan since…