News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

WESTERN EQUATORIA - “You showed us that love and hope still exist,” said Ippai Joseph, a child residing at Saint Bhakita Orphanage in Nzara. The orphanage hosts some 200 vulnerable children, aged between 4 months and 18 years, who lost their parents in conflict or were abandoned. To improve living…

WESTERN EQUATORIA - Enhancing human rights—especially women’s rights—is crucial to sustain peace and coexistence, as South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, drafts its permanent constitution. Hundreds of communities’ members across the country’s Western Equatoria state gathered in a local market in…

JONGLEI – In South Sudan, agriculture is a key means of livelihood. But for farmers and consumers to benefit from stable harvests, many factors need to be aligned starting with durable peace, stability, and, not to mention, knowledge about advanced farming practices given the conflict landscape and…

EASTERN EQUATORIA – Recently, in Torit, residents of Ifwanyak, celebrated the handover of a newly constructed police post by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). These small-scale, low-budget interventions are part of the UN Peacekeeping mission’s Quick Impact Projects, actioned in…

JONGLEI/GPAA – Conflict-related sexual violence continues to be a pervasive problem around the world. South Sudan is no exception. As this young nation gears up to complete its democratic transition through free, fair, and credible elections at the end of 2024, ending as well as preventing all forms…

JONGLEI – Jonglei’s biggest football ground—Bor Freedom Square—has received a major facelift, thanks to engineers from the Republic of Korea serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Given rising rates of youth unemployment which, in turn, has led to increased criminal…

WESTERN EQUATORIA – As South Sudan approaches a critical juncture in its political history with this young nation gearing up for its first-ever elections in 2024, communities in Western Equatoria, and indeed, across the country are still contending with frequent outbreaks of conflict, criminality…

WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – A newly renovated primary school in Wadadelo, in Jur River county, has given hope to communities residing here as well as returnees. Some 20 schools had been destroyed in the area due to past conflicts and civil war. The eight classrooms, two office blocks and two toilets…

WARRAP – "Our belongings were confiscated by armed personnel who forcibly entered our homes, beat us and enrolled young boys into their ranks without consent,” recalls Mary Kuot, a survivor of the Sudan crisis who is now in a transit site in Warrap. Her grief is palpable. This ongoing fighting has…

EASTERN EQUATORIA – For years, the world’s newest nation, South Sudan, has been embroiled in bloody civil wars. A 2018 peace deal brought relative stability to the country with the promise of a peaceful democratic transition. But while politically motivated violence reduced as a transitional…

WESTERN EQUATORIA – Under a makeshift, torn shelter, displaced children in Ezo usually gather, to learn from their teachers. Conflict has taken a heavy toll on them, and they have nowhere else to study. Returning to their original villages is a thought that still strikes fear into their hearts…

JONGLEI – Candid discussions and intellectual debates characterized a day-long activity hosted by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in Bor. The UN Peacekeeping mission brought together 17 Jonglei-based media persons to discuss basic principles of journalism such as ensuring gender…