Malakal cracks down on illegal pharmacies and clinics
8 June 2011 – The Preventive Health Unit in the Upper Nile State Ministry of Health began inspecting clinics and pharmacies today to root out those that are unlicensed, ill equipped and/or staffed by unqualified personnel.…
Southern Kordofan IDPs are government responsibility
8 June 2011 - A representative of the Southern Kordofan government said today that civilians displaced by ongoing conflict in the state are the government's responsibility. Speaking to internally displaced persons (IDPs)…
Families separated during Abyei conflict
Several internally displaced persons (IDPs) who recently arrived in Turalei, Warrap State, after fleeing conflict in Abyei were separated from family members as they left the disputed region. One of the tens of thousands of…
UNMIS and agencies assist Southern Kordofan IDPs
12 June 2011 – More than 53,000 people have so far been displaced by the conflict in Southern Kordofan, a report from the Office of the Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today. The fighting which began in…
Roundtable brings together southern media and security services
10 June 2011 - Leading members of the news media profession and senior officials of various Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) security services concluded a two-day roundtable conference today in the regional capital of Juba…
Caught in conflict
Peter Mokwe was in the wrong place at the wrong time when fighting broke out in Kadugli, Southern Kordofan State, on Monday afternoon. The young Dinka man and 25 members of his extended family left Madni town in Jezira State…
Bombing persists in Southern Kordofan
14 June 2011 - As fighting and violence continued to rage in Southern Kordofan, two jet fighters dropped 11 bombs in Kauda today, targeting an airfield near the UNMIS base in the area. The bombing campaign, using Antonov…
UNMIS treats Malakal prison inmates and staff
15 June 2011 - The UNMIS medical team in Upper Nile State organized a one-day medical camp today at Malakal National Prison, where they treated 121 inmates and 20 prison staff. "The treatment provided by UNMIS ... hospital is…
World leaders call for end to hostilities in Southern Kordofan
15 June 2011 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today urged all parties involved to put an immediate end to fighting in the northern Sudanese state of Southern Kordofan. "The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the…
UNMIS leads mission to Jonglei and Upper Nile states
17 June 2011- A 13-person delegation led by UNMIS Regional Coordinator for Southern Sudan David Gressly returned to Juba today from a three-day security and humanitarian assessment mission to seven counties of Upper Nile and…
Juba marks Day of African Child
16 June 2011 - Children in Juba marked the Day of the African Child with demands to the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) to improve and implement free education, stop forced marriages and pay special heed to those with…
Bombs dropped near UNMIS in Kadugli
17 June 2011 - Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) military aircraft dropped two bombs within a kilometer of UNMIS headquarters in Kadugli today. No casualties were reported from the bombs, which were dropped 500 metres to one kilometer…