News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – With the recent agreement on the Roadmap and the extension of the transitional period, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan is increasing its engagement with communities across the country. A cogent example: A recent peace concert in Aweil, Northern Bahr El Ghazal…

EASTERN EQUATORIA – In past few months, communities residing in Magwi, Eastern Equatoria, have had their fair share of troubles, mostly owing to seasonal cattle migration that led to escalating conflict between semi-nomadic livestock herders and settled farmers. As the rains arrived and thanks to…

LAKES - With the extension of the ongoing transitional period in South Sudan and the agreement on a roadmap to achieve key benchmarks contained within the Revitalized Peace Agreement, full and equal participation of women in peace processes has become more important than ever before. To this end…

WESTERN EQUATORIA - While patrolling to reduce tensions and protect civilians in conflict-prone Mvolo, peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) were moved by the plight of children in the county who struggled to learn lessons under shady trees, as teachers would do their…

Juba, 23 August 2022: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is concerned about the safety and security of thousands of civilians who are caught up in recent clashes between rival armed groups in Upper Nile State. Fighting in and around Tonga town that began on 14 August has displaced…

UPPER NILE – When civil war broke out in the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, women, and girls suffered tremendously. With the signing of the peace deal in 2018 and the recent agreement on the Roadmap for achieving key benchmarks by all parties to Revitalized Peace Agreement, the United Nations…

WESTERN EQUATORIA - “When we see UNMISS Blue Helmets we feel relief and gratitude,” says Retired Canon Gabriel Bimo Abraham from the Episcopal Church of South Sudan. The venerable religious leader from remote Landili in Western Equatoria has seen a lot in his life, most of it disturbing. “Conflict…

EASTERN EQUATORIA - In South Sudan, the world's newest nation, livestock equals livelihoods. Here, animals are valuable currency. However, being a livestock owner isn’t easy, as the Toposa community of Kapoeta, Eastern Equatoria, reveal to visiting peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in…

JUBA - During August, which falls in the middle of the rainy season in South Sudan, the weather is typically overcast. However, today in the country’s capital, Juba, clear blue skies welcomed Lieutenant General Mohan Subramanian, the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan…

UPPER NILE – Following an outbreak of violence in Tonga in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan, humanitarian needs have risen exponentially, with tens of thousands being displaced. In the wake of this unprecedented crisis, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, the Deputy Special Representative of the United…

[Near Verbatim] President of the Republic of South Sudan, Your Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Sovereignty Council of the Republic of Sudan, His Excellency Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, President to the Republic of Uganda, His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Excellencies and…

Juba, 30 August 2022: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) welcomes today’s graduation of more than 20,000 members of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) to form a unified national army, police, and other security forces. The Mission congratulates the parties and the Transitional…