Upper Nile distributing referendum materials
28 December 2010 – Materials the Referendum State High Committee (RSHC) of Upper Nile received last week for next month's self-determination referendum in Southern Sudan are currently being packed for distribution to 242…
Upper Nile learns polling and counting
23 December 2010 – As the Southern Sudan self-determination referendum rapidly approaches, the Upper Nile State Referendum High Committee and UNMIS completed a two-day training on polling and counting today in Malakal. A…
Gifts for street children
31 December 2010 – UN Police (UNPOL) advisers visited a camp for street children in the Upper Nile State capital of Malakal on the last day of the year and donated T-shirts and first aid supplies to the camp's staff. Present…
Referendum materials distributed in Warrap and Western Bahr El-Ghazal
31 December 2010 – With just over a week left before voting in Southern Sudan's long-awaited referendum begins on 9 January, distribution of ballot papers and other materials to polling centres in Western Bahr El-Ghazal and…
01 Jan.- UNMIS SRSG statement on the occasion of the commemoration of Sudan’s 55th Independence day
On this day of commemoration of the 55th anniversary of Sudan's Independence, I would like first to wish all Sudanese a happy Independence day. They can all be proud of having achieved liberation from colonial rule in 1956…
Referendum materials reach Tali
2 January 2011 – In a continuing effort to reach areas inaccessible by road, UNMIS airlifted voting materials to the Central Equatoria State payam of Tali today, just a week before balloting begins in Southern Sudan's long…
Roaming Khartoum streets
Armed with clean sheets of paper and pencils, teenagers were drawing clouds, trees and solid houses in central Omdurman's Felah Centre before returning to the streets, where most of them lived. "We come from the street," said…
Catholicism in Wau
The flagship of the Roman Catholic Church in the greater Bahr El-Ghazal region of Southern Sudan is the cathedral of Wau. Opened in 1956, it is an imposing brick structure replete with cupola and rose window and ranks as the…
Help along the way
Tens of thousands of internally displaced Sudanese have been heading back to their southern roots with little more than a few household items and the shirts on their backs. Initially, they struggled to return from the north…
President Bashir visits Juba
4 January 2011 – Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir made a whirlwind visit to Juba today in what may mark his final trip to the southern capital as leader of a united Sudan. Upon his arrival at Juba International Airport…
UN panel arrives to observe referendum vote
5 January 2011 - Members of the UN Secretary-General's panel tasked with monitoring Southern Sudan's upcoming referenda on self-determination arrived in Khartoum today to begin a critical visit on the eve of voting. The three…
SPLA and Athor’s forces sign ceasefire accord
5 January 2011 - A ceasefire framework agreement was signed today by the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and representatives of the renegade SPLA general, George Athor, in Juba just four days before voting begins in the…