News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) is deeply concerned over the troop build-up and reported fighting, including the use of heavy artillery and bombing in the Abyei area. Read the full statement

The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) is deeply concerned by the heightened violence and the loss of life in Unity State, resulting from the fighting of the SPLA against militia groups, which has spread to parts of Warrap State. Read the full statement

22 May 2011 – As part of its four-day visit to Sudan, a UN Security Council delegation today visited Khartoum's Mayo camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), where Southern Sudanese chiefs informed the council about their concerns, including citizenship and security. Arriving this morning at…

22 May 2011 - Members of the UN Security Council today called on the Sudanese government during a four-day visit to the country to halt its military operations and withdraw immediately from the Abyei area. "Members of the Security Council condemn the escalatory military operations being undertaken…

UNMIS strongly condemns the burning and looting currently being perpetrated by armed elements in Abyei town. Read the full statement

22 May 2011 - Following a recent attack on a UN convoy and heavy fighting in and around Abyei, UNMIS Force Commander Maj. Gen. Moses Obi visited the area today and expressed hope that warring parties would return to their earlier agreements. While in the UN compound, Maj. Gen. Obi visited two…

24 May 2011 - The UN Security Council (UNSC) has urged the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) parties in the north and south to restore peace in Abyei and deal with critical, pending CPA issues with openness and flexibility. "The time for hard and fast positions is gone, and the time for coming to…

25 May 2011 – UN Humanitarian Coordinator Georg Charpentier yesterday called for protection of the civilian population forced to flee Abyei town and surrounding villages, assurance of their safe passage and their right to return. During a two-day visit to the Abyei area that ended today, UN…

25 May 2011 - Government and civil society members discussed key issues that Sudan's new constitution should embrace during a two-day forum in Khartoum that ended today. The forum, organized by UNMIS and several agencies, including the UN Development Programme and UN Women, as well as the national…

26 May 2011 – Humanitarian agencies have prepared to assist tens of thousands who have fled to the south after recent violence in Abyei town, but efforts are compounded by insecurity and looting. After traveling with a military patrol in Abyei today, UNMIS Spokesperson Kouider Zerrouk described the…

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Once a small, dusty village, Miri Barra is now teeming with men and women breaking rocks and sifting dirt through orange-coloured water 20 metres underground. Accompanied by a radio as they work, these people are searching for gold. Some 17 kilometres north of Kadugli, the village has a bustling…