News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

A five-person assessment team of officials of the Central Equatoria State High Committee (CESHC) and UNMIS staff members visited a number of proposed voter registration and polling centre sites in various locales during a seven-day period ending on 25 September. Team members encountered widespread…

UNMIS welcomes the reported decision by President Omar Al-Bashir to lift censorship on Sudanese newspapers with immediate effect. This decision will advance the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and is an important step towards creating an appropriate environment for the…

A four-day All Political Party Conference was held in Juba last week and ended with a threat from opposition leaders to boycott national elections scheduled for April 2010 if the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) fails to enact a number of key democratic reforms by the end of November. Organized…

UNMIS welcomed today the approval by the government of Sudan to establish a United Nations Resident Coordinator Support Office in Muglad (Southern Kordofan State). The United Nations Resident Coordinator Support Office in Muglad will play an important role in supporting the local communities to meet…

Celebrations in the state capital of Ed Damazin hailed the handover of toilet blocks at the University of Blue Nile State and the donation of books and computers by the UNMIS Pakistani military contingent in late September. Sector V Commander Col. Zawar Hussein inaugurated the renovated lecture hall…

At least 21 people were killed and over 4,000 were displaced when Dinka Alyap and Dinka Bor tribesmen attacked the Central Equatoria State (CES) payams of Mangalla and Zameza on 27 September, according to Terekeka County Commissioner Juma Ali. The assault targeted eight bomas in the area, said Mr…

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Under the theme "Disarm Now for a Better World", International Day of Peace was celebrated throughout Sudan over the past few weeks with medical camps, poetry readings, dramas and even a peace quiz. The Day, officially 18 September, was celebrated on 1 October in Kadugli to coincide with the 140 th…

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 collaboration with UN Police in an effort to ensure free and fair elections…

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' Bangladeshi contingent trained the JIUs in computer operations, first aid and…

Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan Ashraf Jehangir Qaazi on the killing of UNMIS Deputy Force Commander Brigadier General Ahmed Muinuddin in Pakistan. Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Sudan, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi strongly condemns 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 Commander for the Wau area Lt. Col. James Vungo said the donation would help in…