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Election officials in Upper Nile State are counting on UNMIS to help them distribute key voting materials when they begin to arrive in the state capital of Malakal next month. The Upper Nile State High Committee has identified 420 polling stations where ballot boxes and voting cards will have to be…

Hosting Chief Electoral Affairs Officer, Ray Kennedy Read the full transcript

UNMIS handed over 610 footballs for disadvantaged and internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the Sudan Football Association (SFA) in Khartoum during a ceremony on 24 February. Chairing the event, Khartoum Legislative Assembly Speaker Mohammed Al Sheikh Madani thanked UNMIS for its support, stating,…

In a continuing effort to spread health awareness, UNMIS Pakistani and Indian contingents have held free medical and veterinary camps in various Sudanese states over the past few months. A one-day medical camp conducted by the Pakistanis on 17 February in Bikori, Blue Nile State, treated 1,117…

When the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signing in 2005, only 27 per cent of Southern Sudanese had access to improved water supply, while 15 per cent had access to basic sanitation. According to Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister for Finance and Economic Planning David Deng…

Hosting the Special Representative of the Secretary-General,Ashraf Qazi Read the full transcript

Upper Nile State's election logistic warehouse was officially handed over to the State Election High Committee by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Malakal on 26 February. "The warehouse is well-constructed and we thank UNDP," said Committee Election Chief Returning Officer Peter Gonywur at the…

An Upper Nile election official recently expressed optimism that elections in his state would occur as planned, as all necessary preparations were underway. These included plans for polling centre personnel, security, budgetary provisions for staff recruitment, which had been submitted to the…

UNMIS and the non-governmental organization Right to Play handed over three renovated playgrounds on 26 February to Gudele West Basic School and Supiri Secondary School in Juba. The renovation was part of an UNMIS Quick Impact Project implemented by Right to Play. Four secondary schools and 16 basic…

Continuing to support education in the southern capital, the UNMIS Bangladesh Contingent donated musical instruments to the University of Juba College of Arts, Music and Drama on 25 February. In addition to the musical instruments, which included violins, harmonicas and lutes, the contingent donated…

In line with the 2010 International Women's Day theme, "Equal rights, equal opportunities: progress for all", UNMIS held a two-day human rights training workshop in Wau during the first week of March. The event brought together over 40 women activists from civil society, state institutions and the…

Five young children died in a tragic accident involving a hand grenade in the Fashoda County payam (township) of Kodok in Upper Nile State last week. The victims in the 1 March incident were two girls and three boys between the ages of four and eleven, according to Fashoda County deputy commissioner…