UNMIS News

11 May 2001 - Unknown assailants fired at an UNMIS patrol in the Abyei Area yesterday, injuring four Zambian peacekeepers. A large group of armed men stopped the patrol at a roadblock in Goli village, about 25 kilometres…

9 May 2011 - Aiming to improve grassroots level understanding of post-referendum arrangements, good governance and democracy, UNMIS began a two-day workshop for 50 participants today in Rubkona County, Unity State. "We are…

29 April 2011 -- Continuing its efforts to provide medical services to needy communities, the UNMIS Indian contingent completed a veterinary camp in a remote area north of the River Nile in Upper Nile State today. Part of a…

8 May 2011 – The Abyei Joint Technical Committee (JTC) held its first meeting today and discussed a timeframe for implementing the Kadugli Agreements. During the meeting, which was facilitated by UNMIS, the JTC signed an…

In tackling significant development challenges facing Southern Sudan, the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) is preparing a mid-term plan in collaboration with the UN Development Programme (UNDP). One of its proposals…

"Learners Today, Leaders Tomorrow" is the motto guiding students of the recently opened Dr John Garang International School in Juba. A brainchild of the late Dr. John Garang's widow, Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior, the school…

6 May 2011 - To bolster reconciliation and conflict mitigation efforts and rebuild confidence among communities hard hit by rising levels of violence in recent weeks, UNMIS Civil Affairs division hosted a meeting of the Peace…

7 May 2011 – Giving the Southern Sudanese capital of Juba a much-needed facelift, the City Council, in coordination with UNMIS, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations, held a day-long cleaning exercise in the city…

5 May 2011 – Marching around the southern capital of Juba to sensitize people on the role they play in reducing maternal mortality, area midwives celebrated International Day of the Midwife today for the first time. "We have…

A few hours after polling in Southern Kordofan State elections ended, the state capital of Kadugli was peaceful and quiet. Similar conditions were reported in other parts of the state. The atmosphere was a sharp contrast to…

5 May 2011 - A high-level two-hour meeting held today in the Southern Sudanese capital of Juba to address the security and political situations in Abyei has resolved that implementation of the Kadugli Agreement must begin…

3 May 2011 – A three-day peace conference in troubled Wonduruba Payam (township) in Central Equatoria State concluded successfully today with adoption of a draft resolution calling on the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS)…