News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

22 February 2011 – In a continuing effort to increase the military's awareness of HIV/AIDS, UNMIS began an eight-day course on the pandemic for Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) officers today in Wau, Western Bahr El-Ghazal State. The mission's HIV/AIDS unit, in collaboration with medical…

22 February 2011 – To prevent new polio outbreaks in Upper Nile State, several agencies joined together today in launching a three-day immunization campaign, targeting children from 0 to 5 years. Present at the launch, organized by the Upper Nile State Ministry of Health (MoH), UNICEF, the World…

In a society where the gross majority of women are forced to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) during childhood, being uncircumcised often results in ostracism. Aiming to counter stigmatization by creating a positive term to replace one sounding like a curse, the Salima campaign was initiated…

28 February 2011 – With Southern Sudan preparing for independence, the regional government today launched a three-year private sector development programme to improve the investment climate of the south. Present at the launch in the regional capital of Juba were Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS)…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for the Sudan deplores the recent fighting in Abyei, which constitutes a clear violation of the letter and spirit of the Kadugli Agreements of 13 and 17 January 2011. Read the full statement

1 March 2011 – No decision had yet been reached between the Government of Southern Sudan and state authorities on where to set up Southern Sudan's capital when it becomes independent, a top official from the region said today. A ministerial committee, formed by GoSS President Salva Kiir, was given…

6 March 2011 - The United Nations Mission in Sudan today welcomes the agreement signed on 4 March by representatives of the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to adhere to a full and immediate implementation of the Kadugli Agreements of 13 and 17 January 2011…

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5 March 2011 – Some 2,890 of the almost 6,000 returnees stranded in Kosti, White Nile State, for nearly two months due to lack of transport left today by barge for the south. The returnees, who began arriving at the port of Kosti from Khartoum in January, were travelling to Kaka, Kodok and Malakal…

Sitting in a makeshift shelter with his packed-up belongings behind him, Saami Noa was working on an African print dress with his old-school Singer sewing machine. In his late fifties and a tailor by profession, Mr. Noa arrived at the Kosti way station in early January from Khartoum, where he had…

Unaware that their teenage daughter was pregnant, Maria Deng's parents treated her with traditional remedies at her home in Malakal, Upper Nile State, when she suddenly became ill. But when Maria's condition had deteriorated a week later, her parents decided to admit herto Malakal Teaching Hospital…

9 March 2011 - The hundredth anniversary of International Women's Day was celebrated across Sudan on 8 (actual day) and 9 March with ethnic singing and dancing, marches, ceremonies, craft displays and clean-up campaigns. "On this centenary, we celebrate the significant progress that has been…