News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

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 to teach the crew basic camera operation, parts of professional cameras…

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 Kadugli Agreements of 13 and 17 January 2011. Read the full statement

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 area over the past two months. "The numbers of the IDPs which were verified…

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 constituency election officers that the elections were very sensitive for the…

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 "Justice, Unity and prosperity", the event was opened by Central Equatoria…

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 hearing yesterday at Nyakuron Cultural Centre in Juba. The Association for Media…

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 to appear after its absence for over a year. With muted fanfare, the…

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 governor and state assembly (with votes relating to geographical…

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. Conceived as an exploratory mission to assess the prospects for developing…

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 both sides of the divide in the Abyei region and the situation is very tense…

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 April that resulted in the death of 19 persons and injury of 29. The victims…

With the independence of Africa's and indeed the world's newest state rapidly approaching, preparations for the new nation are in full throttle. In a historic January 2011 referendum, which was provided for in the country's 2005 peace accord, Southern Sudanese overwhelmingly voted for secession from…