News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

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 three-month poultry-rearing training was launched at Dar El Salaam camp on…

The United Nations Day is observed worldwide on 24 October annually, through various activities and events. The UN Day commemorates the establishment of the international body to remind of the organisation's commitment to the preservation of world peace and security and helping those who are in need…

UNMIS Holds a Ceremony in Memoriam of the Murdered Brigadier General Moin-Ud-Din Ahmed, Deputy Force Commander The United Nations Mission in Sudan held a memorial ceremony in remembrance of Brigadier General Moin-Ud-Din Ahmed who lost his life earlier today in an armed attack while on leave in…

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 National Unity officials and representatives from civil society and the United…

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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", the two-day campaign targeted over 520,000 children younger than five…

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, bond and bail with regard to the New Sudan Laws", the two-day training…

The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are embarking on the country's largest-ever delivery of voter registration materials in preparation for Sudan's voter registration exercise, scheduled to commence 1 November. In total, 117,880 kilos of…

The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are embarking on the country's largest-ever delivery of voter registration materials in preparation for Sudan's voter registration exercise, scheduled to commence 1 November. In total, 117,880 kilos of…

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, including generators, water tanks and concrete mixers, was funded by the…

Meeting in Kadugli on 3 November 2009, the DDR Roundtable Partnership acknowledged significant progress since the launch of the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) in February this year, under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, but admitted that much was still left to be done. "We…

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 (QIP) benefited more than 1,300 schoolchildren in Hai Elrahma village, about…