Gedaref IDPs seeking to return home
Many internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Gedaref State, North Sudan, wish to return home before upcoming Popular Consultations in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states as well as the southern referendum. Popular Consultations will evaluate Comprehensive Peace Agreement implementation in Blue…
Banning cluster bombs
Celebrating the entry into force of the Convention for Cluster Munitions, government officials, diplomats and UN officials gathered at the Sudanese Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs on 1 August. "Sudan does not have a stockpile of cluster munitions and it does not intend to use cluster bombs, but we…
Japanese delegation visits four states
A delegation from the Embassy of Japan to Khartoum made a five-day visit to four Sudanese states to assess progress in implementing the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ahead of the country's rapidly approaching referenda. Led by Political Officer Yukiko Fujisawa, the delegation held…
World Cup in Africa
The first-ever World Cup football tournament to be held on African soil gripped Sudanese fans of the sport from the moment the inaugural game between South Africa and Mexico kicked off in Johannesburg's Soccer City Stadium on 11 June. Legions of aficionados filed into neighbourhood cafes in Khartoum…
DDR begins in Northern Bahr El-Ghazal
Over 150 ex-combatants have been demobilized in Aweil, Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State, following the launch of the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programme there by the Southern Sudan DDR Commission in late July. To mark the official opening of DDR in Aweil, 10 ex-combatants…
UNMIS military halts fire at Nasser
09 August 2010 - Fire broke out at a market in the Upper Nile State town of Nasser on today, destroying seven shops before local officials requested an UNMIS fire fighting party to prevent it from spreading further. Asked by County Commissioner Peter Dak Tap for assistance in halting the fire, UN…
Parliamentarians receive gender training
12 August 2010 - Newly elected members of parliament from Western Equatoria State Legislative Assembly in Southern Sudan took part today in a one-day gender awareness workshop in the state capital Yambio. The 48 parliamentarians were introduced to basic gender concepts, the importance of gender…
Southern rights commission elects oversight committee
16 August 2010 - Members of the Southern Sudan Human Rights Commission (SSHRC) elected a nine-member steering committee today to oversee its activities as the region approaches the 2011 self-determination referendum. The elected chairperson of the committee, Taban Cristop of the South Sudan Law…
Prison officers learn crisis control
18 August 2010 - Senior prison officers from the 10 Southern Sudanese states are currently taking part in a six-week Critical Incident Management training course at Lologo Prisons Training Centre in Juba. "We are providing this training because Southern Sudan did not have prison officers trained in…
Heath care workers graduate in Wau
10 August 2010 – Some 23 health workers graduated in Wau today after a three-month refresher training course, boosting local efforts to improve medical care in Western Bahr El- Ghazal State. During the ceremony held at Mary Help Training Centre for Nurses and Health Workers in Western Bahr El-Ghazal…
De-miners host show and tell
20 August 2010 – De-miners in Juba held a half-day open house in the UNMIS compound today to demonstrate their work to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and UN agencies operating in Central Equatoria State. "So far we have cleared about 70 to 80 per cent of the communities' working areas but…
Agencies urged to begin referendum planning
19 August 2010 – A Southern Sudanese minister called on aid organizations to prepare contingency plans ahead of the January 2011 referendum during a meeting held in Juba today to mark World Humanitarian Day. "Southern Sudan is at a sharp turning point where the southerners are to be given their…