News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

To mitigate conflict caused by the seasonal migration of cattle across South Sudan during the ongoing dry season and build confidence among local communities, UNMISS peacekeepers have established two temporary operating bases in Lainya, a county along the Yei-Juba road in Central Equatoria and Akoka…

“As a mission, our primary goal has always been to prevent violence breaking out and to protect civilians when needed,” says David Shearer, the top United Nations envoy in South Sudan and head of the peacekeeping operation, UNMISS. “We’re currently in the middle of the dry season here,” he continues…

“As youth we must stop tribalism and corruption and promote peace and social cohesion instead,” said Jackline Taban a representative of the Maridi Youth Association. She was summing up what she had learnt during a workshop organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan together with the non…

“Building durable peace across South Sudan is a primary objective for UNMISS,” says Christopher Muchiri Murenga, Head of the UN peacekeeping mission’s field office in Yambio, Western Equatoria. “To encourage coexistence and stabilize communities, we are funding the construction of six diverse…

More than 30 local chiefs residing in Malakal town or in the peacekeeping mission’s protection of civilians site in that Upper Nile city have learnt valuable conflict management skills and skills to promote reconciliation and social cohesion in and between their communities. “Social cohesion is the…

With a slow but steady decline of political violence across South Sudan, refugees as well as internally displaced people have started returning to their places of origin. Creating conducive conditions for people displaced by conflict to re-unite with their families and loved ones, years after civil…

Circling above Kediba in the early morning light, those on board the UN helicopter can’t help but notice the huge potential of the land beneath them. Despite the ongoing dry season, the landscape is relatively lush. Once cultivated, this soil could and should provide food and income not only to the…

“Protecting civilians requires us to be responsive and agile—your operations since we deployed additional peacekeepers and equipment here have genuinely de-escalated tensions and prevented conflict,” said Lieutenant-General Shailesh Tinaikar, UNMISS Force Commander, as he addressed the mission’s…

Juba, 4 February 2021: Political parties must accelerate efforts to graduate unified forces, form state and county institutions, reconstitute the national legislature and finalize the constitution so that elections can take place, says the UN’s top envoy in South Sudan. In a speech delivered to the…

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"I think we all agree the pace of implementation of the peace agreement has been far too slow and we still have many issues unresolved,” said the UN’s top envoy in South Sudan, David Shearer, at a press briefing in Juba. “My real worry is that if we are not carefully constructing a peace process…

Early every year, the nomadic people of Misseriya in Sudan and their herds of cattle make the long journey south to Aweil East County in South Sudan. They come in search of water and pasture, but a scarcity of such resources frequently leads to tensions and sometimes violent clashes with cattle…