News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

They look just like any other soldier. They dress the same and follow the same rules. They have the same levels of discipline and training. They even wear their ranks and medals of honor - such as the ones they just received for their distinguished service with the United Nations Mission in South…

Young members of the Lol community are vowing to resist being caught up in petty politicking and to focus on being ambassadors for peace in South Sudan. A special training session was held for young people in the Northern Bahr El-Ghazal region by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to help…

Passengers injured in a plane crash in Bor are receiving urgent medical care from Sri Lankan peacekeepers stationed at a hospital operated by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. “I want to say how grateful we are for the prompt response from UNMISS for saving our lives,” said Barzenia Leonard…

South Sudanese women are calling for political leaders to meet their commitment to ensuring 35 percent representation in the new transitional government and are urging each other to actively participate in the peace process to protect their collective interests. That call came during a ‘women to…

Women leaders of Jubek area are ramping up efforts to make their 35 per cent political representation stipulated in the September 2018 revitalized peace agreement materialize. These efforts were announced at a forum organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, as a follow-up to a…

“Our better lives do not lie in machine guns.” Those were the words of Rachael Amuor Pach, the Jonglei Minister for Gender, Child and Social Welfare, at the conclusion of a special women’s forum for reconciliation and peace in Bor, hosted by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. The Minister…

Several days of torrential rains have left wide swaths of Greater Jonglei devastated and its inhabitants both flabbergasted and displaced. With more precipitation on the forecasted horizon, there are fears that the situation may deteriorate further. “The people are in dire need of humanitarian…

Asked if she wants to be the president of South Sudan when she grows up, 12-year-old Rebecca Aman Chan, a student at the Asementi Primary School gazes into the mid-distance, pondering this exciting thought experiment. “Yes, I can be the president,” she beams, and rightfully so. In its quest to…

Women and girls in Aweil are being encouraged to get an education as a pathway to enhancing their contribution to peace building, national development and self-fulfillment. “From this workshop we have learned that the peace agreement is very good and inclusive,” says female activist Angelina Thiep.…

Women in Northern Upper Nile have resolved to form support groups to increase their participation in decision making and development processes at all levels of society. This was one of the incendiary outcomes of a two-day capacity building workshop in Renk, organized by the United Nations Mission in…

“Water devastated our homes and our crop farms here in Motti. We evacuated to an area near the main road,” said Theresa Dominic Amuna, a representative of the Ifwotu community in Eastern Equatoria. Water, they say, is life. Somewhat counter-intuitively, it can, however, also spell despair, disease…

Mary Nyakuaikoch was born in Koch. She was married in Koch, gave birth to her children and remained in the town despite violence raging around her when civil war broke out across South Sudan. She intends the town to be her final resting place. “I love Koch. I will never abandon my home here,” she…