News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Madam President, Thank you for this opportunity to brief this Council today on the situation in South Sudan. In my last briefing, I shared that a window of opportunity remained for South Sudan to meet the critical benchmarks required for it to complete its transition. With eight months remaining…

UPPER NILE - “Human rights are at the heart of upholding the rule of law in South Sudan,” said Major General Aggrey Mojok. Major General Mojok is the Director of the South Sudan National Police Services (SSNPS) in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, and was speaking at a training organized by the United…

WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL - “Rule of law forms the foundation of any democracy,” explains Anees Ahmed, a senior official from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). A lawyer by training, Mr. Ahmed, in his role within the UN Peacekeeping mission’s Rule of Law Section, uses its mandate to…

CENTRAL EQUATORIA – “While Morobo is relatively safe for women, there are still reports of rapes from surrounding areas” revealed Mary Dudu Ariunzi, a resident of Morobo county in Central Equatoria, South Sudan Mary was speaking at a dialogue organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to…

CENTRAL EQUATORIA - With barely eight months remaining in the transitional period agreed upon by South Sudan’s political actors and parties, Nicholas Haysom, the Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping mission in the country is urging national leaders to do everything necessary to move the country…

[Near Verbatim] Welcome to everyone who is tuning in live to Radio Miraya. Let me take the opportunity of introducing my new head of communications Ben Malor. Last week I briefed the Security Council in New York on developments in South Sudan. It was a good and productive meeting and Council Members…

CENTRAL EQUATORIA- People in Morobo County, south of South Sudan’s capital Juba, have voiced concern over armed forces creating problems among local communities rather than protecting them, with women in particular having been subject to unwanted attention. In Morobo town the situation is okay, but…

CENTRAL EQUATORIA - “You live in a house which rests on land, and you will not live long without a house. So, land is life and without it you will die in a heavy storm, from extreme heat or at the merciless hands of diseases like malaria,” said Dr. Geri Raimondo Legge, a Law Professor at the…

JONGLEI - Some 100 new parliamentarians from the Transitional State Legislative Assembly, drawn from all the parties to the Revitalized Peace Agreement of 2018, recently benefited from an interactive workshop facilitated by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). The focus: to raise…

LAKES – Till recently, people seeking recourse for crimes committed against them at the Rumbek Public Prosecutor’s office, seemed to have entered a grim reality. The building was rundown. Paint was peeling off cracked walls and cobwebs frequently brushed against the heads of residents who needed…

EASTERN EQUATORIA - “As you can see our state government has deployed organized forces to protect people returning home. So, I have been able to resume work,” said the Acting Administrator of Mugali Payam (administrative division), speaking to the visiting team from the United Nations Mission in…

UPPER NILE- When large herds of cattle, and their semi-nomadic owners, move in search of pastures new, there are sometimes tensions with land-owning farmers. To maintain friendly relations during the migration season, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan recently co-organized a two-day…