News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UPPER NILE- Implementing changes, both of attitudes and behaviour, takes time. After several years of conducting awareness-raising workshops involving thousands of military officers across the country, armed groups in South Sudan are still violating fundamental rights of children. The United Nations…

EASTERN EQUATORIA- A four-month-long conflict among the communities of Chorokol and Ikotos has come to an end following a church-mediated peace dialogue. “Our people have now resumed movements on the road to Ikotos town. Until recently, it wasn’t possible because of insecurity,” said Loholong James…

EASTERN EQUATORIA- Youth in remote Abara are celebrating, and with good reason: for the first time in many years, they will now be able to attend a public high school close to home, rather than in faraway Nimule or neighbouring Uganda. The new premises were funded by the United Nations Mission in…

EASTERN EQUATORIA- Animal husbandry, carpentry, baking, tailoring, bricklaying – you name the skill and there is a decent chance that the vocational training offered to 65 youth in Opari and Pajok included encompassed it. The three-month-long courses, funded by the United Nations Mission in South…

Juba, 12 October 2022 – Engineers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and humanitarian partners have managed to repair flooding-induced breaches of dykes that protect an internally displaced persons camp, housing over 100,000 persons in Bentiu, the capital of Unity State. Intense…

UPPER NILE- With recent fighting in the state having caused an influx of more than 15,000 persons seeking shelter at the Malakal Protection of Civilians site, learning techniques to prevent, mitigate and resolve conflicts becomes even more important. In this context, and also having detected…

Juba, 14 October 2022 – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) strongly condemns the resurgence of deadly violence between armed Dinka Ngok youth from the Abyei Administrative Area and the Dinka Twic Mayardit youth from Twic County, in Warrap State. The Mission remains gravely concerned…

WARRAP – Overcrowding in prisons is common across South Sudan. In the Warrap Prison, a facility located in Tonj North county, 250 detainees jostle for space. Theoretically, the prison has the capacity to house only 150 inmates. Prison breaks have over the past years hampered the ability of law…

JONGLEI - With the agreement by all signatories on a Roadmap to fulfil outstanding benchmarks contained within the Revitalized Peace Agreement and the graduation of the first batch of the Necessary Unified Forces, South Sudan is finally making tangible progress as it emerges from the devastation of…

WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – As signatories to the Revitalized Peace Agreement commit on a Roadmap to achieve outstanding benchmarks and ensure the transitional period comes to an end with free, fair and credible elections, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is continuing its support for…

JUBA - Today was a bright and sunny day in Juba, the capital city of the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan. When the United Nations family joined with community members, diplomatic missions and government officials at the Nyakuron Cultural Center, the air was laced with expectation and hope. Why…

Honourable Minister Stephen Par Kuol, representing the Government of the Republic of South Sudan. Ambassadors, Heads of Missions, and Members of the Diplomatic Corps. Heads of United Nations Agencies and Non-Governmental-Organizations. Representatives of Civil Society and other key stakeholders…