UNMIS News

As part of an ongoing effort to expand its presence to support implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the UN Mission in Sudan opened a new team site in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal State county of Raja on 9…

Turning its attention to ex-combatants to Lakes State, the Southern Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (SSDDR) Commission in collaboration with the Integrated UN DDR unit officially launched its programme in…

Voter registration kicked off on 1 November across Sudan in preparation for national elections next April, but officials and voters say the population has been ill informed about the process. UNMIS public information officers…

Upgrading a needy primary school in the impoverished West Omdurman area of Khartoum, UNMIS handed furniture over to the institution on 3 November. Supplying basic facilities like desks and benches, the quick impact project…

Sudan's Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) received much needed infrastructure equipment worth more than $600,000 at UNMIS' logistics base in El Obeid on 2 November, assisted by UNMIS through a Donor Trust Fund. The equipment…

In an effort to boost the skills of Wau area legal officials, UNMIS held a human rights and administration of justice training workshop there on 27 and 28 October. Conducted under the theme "Right of accused to speedy trial…

In a bid to eradicate polio from Northern and Western Bahr El-Ghazal states, thousands of children in the region were given immunization drops on 27 October. Conducted under the slogan "Give two drops today, keep polio away"…

Drawing in thousands of people, UN Day was marked in the northern capital Khartoum with exhibitions and music and in the south with donations to a Malakal orphanage and a clean-up exercise in Wau. Addressing Government of…

A group of 75 displaced women at an Omdurman internally displaced person (IDP) camp will soon have a new source of food and income, thanks to a poultry management project being carried out by UNMIS and its local partner. The…

In an effort to ease its shortage of medicine, UNMIS Pakistani Aviation donated assorted drugs worth some $5,000 to Wau Public Hospital on 19 October. Handing over the medicine to hospital officials, UNMIS Acting Sector…

Some 137 Joint Integrated Unit (JIU) soldiers were awarded certificates by Bangladeshi Sector Commander Col. Ifterkhar Uddin Mahmud in Juba on 21 October for a three-week course they completed earlier this year. UNMIS'…

A week-long training session in election security issues was completed by 200 Southern Sudan Police Service (SSPS) officers in Juba on 9 October. The training was organized by the Central Equatoria State (CES) government in…