News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

WARRAP - Tensions between communities and among bordering states continue across Warrap, South Sudan. Despite the signing of a peace accord by County Commissioners and community leaders from Tonj East and North in early October, on-the-ground conflicts appear unabated. In this context, upcoming…

JONGLEI - South Korean engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have begun rehabilitating the road connecting Jonglei state with the neighboring Greater Pibor Administrative Area. The main aim of the project: To boost trade, enable communities to convene and connect…

YAMBIO - 34-year-old Eugene Kang Kum, from Cameroon is an electrical engineer and is serving as a United Nations Volunteer since 2019. Currently, he is supervising and managing the electrical unit in the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) field office in Yambio, Western Equatoria. In this heartfelt…

WARRAP - As part of the 16 Days of Activism campaign, the United Nations Misison in South Sudan (UNMISS) is hosting numerous awareness-raising and solidarity-building activities centered around empowering women and girls in Warrap, South Sudan. The official launch took place in Kuajok Freedom Square…

KUAJOK - "Boys always blame girls for failing to finish our education saying we lack the desire to do so. However, this is not the case. We want to go to school, become decision-makers and possibly lead our country some day. Yet, consider the difficulties we face in our families. We are considered…

WAU – A three-day interstate conference brought together some 100 participants drawn across two states in South Sudan—Warrap and Western Bahr el Ghazal—to dialogue on a key issue: Preventing conflicts between herders and farmers during the upcoming cattle migration season. The main takeaway from the…

YAMBIO - 2021 has been a difficult year for the people of Western Equatoria, South Sudan. A relatively peaceful and secure environment was destroyed by a massive surge of violence and armed attacks in the greater Tambura region which lasted for months. People were killed, properties destroyed and…

AWEIL – “My mind is in school. I do not want to be married before I finish my education,” said Ayat Garang Kenyang, a school student in Aweil, Northern Bahr El Ghazal. Ayat was speaking at an event hosted by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to mark the annual 16 Days of Activism…

WARRAP - “I often feel invisible,” revealed Angelina Ayer Akol, a disabled woman from Warrap during a focus group discussion. "When our community distributes material assistance, disabled people are always excluded. During past floods, I was displaced, sleeping on plastic sheets and constantly…

New York, 6 December 2021 - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Ms. Sara Beysolow Nyanti of Liberia as his new Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and Resident Coordinator in South Sudan. Ms. Nyanti will…

AWEIL - December 5 is annually commemorated as International Day of United Nations Volunteers. In Aweil, Northern Bahr El Ghazal, some 15 UN Volunteers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan joined hands with the state government to plant fruit bearing trees around the town. One of…

Ahead of his briefing to the United Nations Security Council next week, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, is urging political leaders to make a fresh push to fully implement the peace agreement so that free, fair, and peaceful elections can be held…