Launch of voter registration in Juba
12 November 2010 -- The Southern Sudan Referendum Bureau (SSRB) and the Central Equatoria State Referendum High Committee today hosted an event in Juba to publicize the start of voter registration for the January 2011…
Referendum voter registration launched in Malakal
13 November 2010 – A ceremony hosted by the Upper Nile State Referendum High Committee set the stage today for the beginning of voter registration on 15 November for the long-awaited Southern Sudan referendum. "Voter…
Voter registration to begin across Sudan
14 November, 2010 – Although the process had been delayed and voter information needed wider dissemination, referendum registration would begin tomorrow in North and Southern Sudan, the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission…
Voters begin registering for Southern Sudan's referendum
15 November 2010 – Marko Bol thought he would never see the day when his fellow Southern Sudanese would register to vote in a referendum to determine their own future as a people and, conceivably, as a country. "I was born…
SSRB: Referendum registration on track in Southern Sudan
16 November 2010 – The atmosphere prevailing throughout Sudan's 10 southern states on the first day of voter registration for the region's January 2011 referendum was"orderly and peaceful", according to a top southern…
Thousands of returnees languishing in Unity State
17 November 2010 – Oil-rich Unity State is one of four southern states expecting to absorb the bulk of internally displaced Southern Sudanese heading home ahead of the January 2011 referendum. Nearly 8,000 returnees had…
UN referendum panel visits Wau
18 November -- The UN panel monitoring Southern Sudan's referendum would be satisfied with the process if it was carried out peacefully, freely and without intimidation, one of its members said in Wau today. During a meeting…
SRSG views referendum progress in Malakal
18 November – Whatever the result of the referendum in Southern Sudan, it has to result in a better future for the region, UNMIS Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Haile Menkerios said today in Malakal…
Human rights forum held in Juba
19 November 2010 – A one-day forum on the state of human rights in Southern Sudan found that little or no progress had been achieved in combating some longstanding human rights violations in the region. Organized by the…
SG Panel: Referendum registration encouraging
22 November - Voter registration for the upcoming referendum on the status of Southern Sudan was encouraging, but low turnout in the north must be addressed, the UN Secretary-General's monitoring panel said today as it…
24 November - The returns to the south and the contingency planning
Hosting Georg Charpentier, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Relief Coordinator in Sudan. Read the full transcript
Resident Coordinator: Over 18,000 returnees in Unity State
24 November - The Southern Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission had reported 18,213 state-organized returns to Unity State, with buses continuing to arrive, a top UNMIS official said today in Khartoum. Speaking at a…