Last SAF JIU members leave Juba
8 April 2011 – With Southern Sudan heading for independence in July, the last Sudan Armed Forces Joint Integrated Unit (JIU) members left Juba by barge today for the north. The JIU soldiers had assembled in the southern…
SSTV crew receives video training
11 April 2011 - A five-day intensive training workshop for 10 camera crew from South Sudan Television (SSTV) concluded today at the UNMIS compound in Juba. The training was organized by the mission's Public Information Office…
13 Apr.- UNMIS welcomes today’s decisions by the Abyei Standing Committee
The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) welcomes the decisions by the Abyei Standing Committee, which met today at UNMIS Headquarters in Khartoum to form a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) for the implementation of the…
15 Khorfulus IDPs receive food rations
13 April 2011 – Aid agencies began distributing food today in Khorfulus Payam (township), Jonglei State, to over 2,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had fled fighting between militia and government forces in the…
Election training kicks off in Kadugli
15 April 2011 - Training for Southern Kordofan polling officials began in Kadugli today, with senior election officials emphasizing transparency and impartiality. State Elections High Committee Chairperson Adam Abdin told…
Equatorians hold pre-independence conference
14 April 2011 – Focusing on security, governance and development, hundreds of delegates from Southern Sudan's three Equatoria states began a three-day conference today at Nyokuron Cultural Center in Juba. Held under the theme…
AMDISS urges passage of stalled southern media laws
14 April 2011 – To press its case for enacting three long-pending press bills on freedom of expression, the public's right to information and an independent regulatory body, a southern media association hosted a public…
UNMIS repairs hand-pump for Misseriya nomads
15 April 2011 - In the small village of Goli north of Abyei town, a group of children and village elders are huddled around a water pump a few metres back from the dirt road. They are eagerly awaiting the first drops of water…
Ballot papers arrive in Southern Kordofan
17 April 2011 – In preparation for elections scheduled to be held in Southern Kordofan early next month, ballot papers arrived today in the state capital Kadugli. The ballots, packed according to different elections for the…
Rafting trip on White Nile spotlights tourism in Southern Sudan
15 April 2011 – A dozen people traveling in two inflatable rafts arrived in Juba today at the end of a five-day voyage down the White Nile River that began just north of the Eastern Equatoria State town of Nimule on 11 April…
Swedish ambassador meets parties in Abyei
19 April 2011 – Completing a two-day visit to Abyei today, Swedish Ambassador to Sudan Jan Sadek stressed the need for politicians to take responsibility in finding a lasting agreement on the disputed area. "We have visited…
UNMIS sends humanitarian team to Al Rashad
20 April 2011 – UNMIS today sent a team to deliver humanitarian aid to the people affected by violence in Al Rashad locality of Southern Kordofan last week. Four villages in Al Rashad were targeted by violence from 13-14…