UNMIS News

10 February 2011 – Troops of armed forces and police had been deployed around Malakal, Upper Nile State, to secure peace following two days of fighting between the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs), Governor Simon Kon Pouch said…

Uganda was one of eight foreign countries designated for voting in last month's historic Southern Sudan referendum on self-determination. Nearly 99 per cent of the 58,203 ballots cast by Southern Sudanese living overseas…

8 February 2011 – The announcement of the referendum results on 7 February marked the end of an era of war and atrocities and a beginning of freedom, justice and equality, Government of Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir…

8 February 2011 – Khartoum State Governor Abdelrahman AlKhedir and UNMIS Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) George Charpentier today signed a memorandum to strengthen coordination of development…

7 February 2011 - The UN Secretary-General's panel monitoring Sudan's referenda welcomed today's official announcement on final results of Southern Sudan's referendum, which showed that an overwhelming majority of voters had…

7 February 2011 – After presenting the final referendum results to President Omar El-Bashir this morning, the national commission tonight announced publicly that the people of Southern Sudan had voted for secession. More than…

3 February 2011 - As part of its efforts to strengthen local police, the UNMIS human rights unit organized a two-day training of trainers workshop in Wau for high- ranking officers of the region. The workshop, which brought…

5 February 2011 – In the aftermath of fighting over the past two days in Malakal, UNMIS Indian hospital medically evacuated 11 of the 50 wounded by helicopter today to Khartoum. One of the evacuees was Sgt. Maj. Paul Mirowe…

2 February 2011 – The Inter-Governmental Agency for Development (IGAD) had invited the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) to participate in its recent meeting in Addis Ababa to recognize the latter as a new member, a top…

2 February 2011 – Although they would not be invited to join a technical committee to review the southern constitution, civil society and the media were urged today by the ruling southern party to play a role in the process…

2 February 2011 – Aggregated preliminary results for Southern Sudan's historic, self-determination referendum were announced today by the national commission in Khartoum organizing the poll, opening a three-day window for…

As the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) enters the final six months of the interim period of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the future of oil, its largest revenue earner, remains uncertain. Management of the…