UNMIS News

26 May 2011 – Humanitarian agencies have prepared to assist tens of thousands who have fled to the south after recent violence in Abyei town, but efforts are compounded by insecurity and looting. After traveling with a…

25 May 2011 - Government and civil society members discussed key issues that Sudan's new constitution should embrace during a two-day forum in Khartoum that ended today. The forum, organized by UNMIS and several agencies…

25 May 2011 – UN Humanitarian Coordinator Georg Charpentier yesterday called for protection of the civilian population forced to flee Abyei town and surrounding villages, assurance of their safe passage and their right to…

24 May 2011 - The UN Security Council (UNSC) has urged the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) parties in the north and south to restore peace in Abyei and deal with critical, pending CPA issues with openness and flexibility…

22 May 2011 - Following a recent attack on a UN convoy and heavy fighting in and around Abyei, UNMIS Force Commander Maj. Gen. Moses Obi visited the area today and expressed hope that warring parties would return to their…

22 May 2011 - Members of the UN Security Council today called on the Sudanese government during a four-day visit to the country to halt its military operations and withdraw immediately from the Abyei area. "Members of the…

22 May 2011 – As part of its four-day visit to Sudan, a UN Security Council delegation today visited Khartoum's Mayo camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), where Southern Sudanese chiefs informed the council about…

12 May 2011 – To allay allegations that UNMIS is assisting rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a mission delegation today visited the Western Equatoria State capital of Yambio. Denying the allegations, delegation…

15 May 2011 – National Congress Party (NCP) candidate Ahmed Haroun won the gubernatorial seat in Southern Kordofan State's elections, according to the Sudanese elections body. At a press conference held in Khartoum today, the…

12 May 2011 - UNMIS has availed more resources and logistical support to assist the parties in implementing the January 2011 Kadugli Agreements, UNMIS Force Commander Maj. Gen. Moses Obi said today. The mission will assist…

11 May 2011 - UNMIS senior official Jasbir Lidder visited Jonglei State today, where he met senior state government representatives and discussed rising insecurity as well as the deteriorating humanitarian situation. Present…

12 May 2011 – Members of the UN Security Council yesterday expressed deep concern about the situation in the disputed Abyei area and urged parties to the 2005 peace pact to reach an agreement on the area's status as soon as…