Vet camps held in Melut County
18 August 2010 – Recognizing the vital importance of animals to local livelihoods, the UNMIS Indian contingent held free veterinary camps at two locations in Melut County, Upper Nile State, on 17 and 18 August. Responding to a request from Melut County Commissioner Akuoch Teng Ading, the camps were…
Kenyans demolish explosives in Aweil
19 August 2010 -- To ensure the safety of local residences, UNMIS Kenyan High Risk Demining Company (KHRDC) today demolished some 150 unserviceable explosives at Maluil Akong area near Aweil, Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State. The mines and unexploded ordnances (UXO) were collected from the Joint…
Referendum committees sworn in
23 August 2010 – Members of the 10 state referendum high committees that will help organize the historic January 2011 referendum in Southern Sudan were sworn in today in Juba in the presence of Southern Sudan Referendum Commission (SSRC) Chairperson Mohammed Ibrahim Khalil. Dignitaries attending the…
Referendum awareness campaigns begin
24 August 2010 – The South Sudan Civic Education Organization held a workshop in Juba today to coordinate civic education and fundraising in connection with the referendum scheduled to take place in the country's 10 southern states in January 2011. Entitled Countdown to Southern Sudan Referendum…
UN Official says peace process on track
24 August 2010 - Meeting with Western Bahr El Ghazal State Governor Riziq Zakaria Hassan during a visit to Wau today, UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Sudan Jasbir Singh Lidder said the country's peace process was on track. Mr. Lidder and the governor discussed…
Civil society trained in human rights
24 August 2010 – In a bid to enhance human rights in the south, civil society representatives completed a two-day training workshop on that topic today at UNMIS Juba. "We trained local society groups to understand what human rights means to them, how to investigate, how to monitor and assess, and…
UNICEF donates health care boats
26 August 2010 – Aiming to ease health care delivery during the rainy season, UNICEF handed over four motorboats to Upper Nile State Ministry of Health officials today in Malakal. "UNICEF donated these boats for vaccination campaign, transporting health workers to villages along the river, and for…
County Commissioners’ forum wraps up in Wau
26 August 2010 -- A three-day forum for Western Bahr El-Ghazal State commissioners ended at Wau's Peace Hall today with recommendations on how to better ensure security, deliver basic services and support the self-determination referendum scheduled in Southern Sudan for 9 January 2011. Entitled…
Beds, nurses and drugs
Devastated by Sudan's long-running civil war, the health sector in Ed Damazin is struggling with limited space, medical staff and drugs as well as a disease-infested environment. An estimated 600 patients arrive at the Blue Nile State hospital each month, but the facility is ill-equipped to treat…
Windows to the world
Twelve-year-old Sedigah saw her mother, Ashadom, for the first time in eight years when she woke up from an eye operation at a hospital in Mornei, West Darfur. "Mother, I see your face, is it real or am I dreaming?" the young girl exclaimed, hugging Ashadom and beginning to cry. Blinded at age four…
The forgotten land
Any residual effects of development trickling out of the booming Southern Sudanese capital of Juba seem to have avoided Terekeka County, Central Equatoria State, located only 51 miles away. Home to the Mundari tribe, Terekeka ("the forgotten" in local dialect) continues to suffer high illiteracy…
From baskets to schools
Before his untimely death earlier this year, former basketball star Manute Bol had become a legacy in Southern Sudan for more than just playing the hoops. Most recently, the famous athlete built the first of what he hoped would be 41 schools. "My dream is to build schools everywhere in Southern…