News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

A joint, statewide COVID-19 awareness campaign in Jonglei is tapping into the great potential of women to influence social behavior by spreading vital messages on how to prevent a further outbreak of the infectious virus currently plaguing the world. “We are telling everyone that they should avoid…

The People of Raja County in Western Bahr El Ghazal State will soon enjoy easy access to Wau town even during the rainy season as engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan are about to complete the rehabilitation of the Bili and Sopo bridges along the Wau-Raja road. “I have…

Lydia Mpeh is on the front-line of the battle against COVID-19 in South Sudan. Originally from Cameroon, the United Nations Volunteer is working as a medical laboratory technician in the Rumbek region, using her expertise to manage the lab at a hospital operated by the United Nations Mission in…

Survivors of conflict-related sexual violence continue to struggle to access adequate medical and mental health care, according to a new report issued by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the UN Human Rights Office. “The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear, if there was ever any doubt…

Thirteen-year-old Suzanne begins to weep as she tells the story of how she was raped. Her ordeal began when armed men burst into her home in Leer in the middle of the night, beating family members, and threatening to shoot them. “They came and found us sleeping. They woke us with rough kicks. They…

Indian peacekeepers based in Malakal and serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have organized a free veterinary and vaccination camp to maintain the health of thousands of vital cattle in the area. They also held a session on how to keep local communities safe from the COVID-19…

A patrol of military and civilian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has reached communities in Pieri, in northern Jonglei, who were affected by a series of intercommunal clashes at the weekend. The team is investigating reports that many people were killed, injured…

Catherine Amboga-Rimmele, a Kenyan-born UN Volunteer from Germany, sits in a prefabricated container at the UNMISS Field Office in Malakal, with a cluster of sewing machines for company, as she expertly cuts through reams of fabric in preparation of the next phase of her current project. “Like…

Juba, 21 May 2020: Court hearings for more than 118 young people on remand for alleged criminal activity have been completed at the Juvenile Reformatory Centre in Juba. The hearings began on 25 March as part of a national effort to reduce the backlog of juvenile cases awaiting trial and to decongest…

As part of its support to the national-led COVID-19 response in South Sudan, the UNMISS Women's Networks led by United Nations Police (UNPOL) deployed to the mission’s Field Office in Wau have handed over some 250 face masks to community leaders at the UNMISS Protection of Civilians site. What makes…

“I love mechanics,” says Sergeant Almaz Kabtimer Desta from Ethiopia who is currently serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Field Office in Yambio, Western Equatoria. Sergeant Desta admits that her passion for mechanics can be seen as an unusual choice for a woman: “I know…

After hearing World Health Organization (WHO)-approved preventative measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 being constantly broadcast across Bor town from a promo truck commissioned by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Yonas Meles, a young hotel manager, concluded that it was…