News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Sergeant Gabriel Muorten Akeu, a police officer in Eastern Bank payam (administrative division) and community members under his jurisdiction were jubilant when UNMISS officially handed over a newly constructed building to house the local police station here. For more than eight months, Sergeant Akeu…

As part of professionalizing South Sudan’s army, plans for a massive sensitization campaign aimed at uniformed personnel from the government and opposition forces, are underway in Eastern Equatoria. The campaign has one main aim: for South Sudan to clear its name from the list of countries in the…

Despite the promise of full implementation of all the provisions contained in 2018’s Revitalized Peace Agreement, South Sudan’s ongoing bid to build durable peace across this young nation is flagging. In a bid to reinvigorate the stagnant peace process, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan…

[As delivered] Juba, 22 July 2021: It is a pleasure to be with you here today at my first RJMEC plenary meeting. At the outset, I would like to congratulate South Sudan on its tenth anniversary as an independent state. A decade ago, the international community pledged its support to South Sudan…

Some 100 women police officers embarked on a walk through the streets of Aweil in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, joined by their counterparts from the United Nations Police (UNPOL) serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). The main aim: Building confidence and inspiring young people…

Peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have conducted a seven-day patrol to several villages in Ikotos county in Eastern Equatoria. The objective: To build confidence among the residents of these villages through the presence of Blue Helmets. “Local communities in these…

Juba, 26 July 2021: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan is urging local and national authorities to put an end to extrajudicial executions following the killing of at least 42 people accused of criminal activity who were not given access to a fair trial. Since March, UNMISS’ Human Rights…

Years of civil war has decimated infrastructure and housing across much of South Sudan. UNMISS peacekeepers from Pakistan deployed to Bentiu, Unity state, therefore, conducted a three-week course in construction and masonry, in a bid to equip 10 young people from displaced community with necessary…

Members of the organized forces in Yambio, Western Equatoria, have made a commitment to promote human rights as they work to protect and serve local communities. The renewed vow was made during a day-long workshop organized by the Human Rights Division of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan…

A spate of intercommunal violence, revenge attacks and abductions, leaving death and displacement in its wake, has been a recurring feature in Jonglei state in the recent past. This disturbing trend is cancelling all the gains made towards peace and reconciliation in the region as well as hampering…

The much-awaited ‘Sport for Peace’ football tournament has finally started at the Yei Checkpoint playground in South Sudan’s capital, Juba. Sponsored by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) with support from the South Sudan Football Association and Inter-Community Peace Initiative…

The world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, celebrates 10 years of becoming an independent state in July 2021. Stephen Matut has been a part of the country’s ongoing transition from civil war to peace through the past decade. In this interview, he shares his recollections of the hope that freedom…