29 May - New UNMIS Force Commander arrives in Sudan

1 Jun 2010

29 May - New UNMIS Force Commander arrives in Sudan

The newly appointed UNMIS Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Moses Bisong Obi arrived in Sudan on 29 May replacing Lt. Gen. Paban Jung Thapa of Nepal who served the mission for two years.

General Obi will head some 10,000 strong international peacekeeping force, which includes military observers, staff officers and force protection troops.

The Nigerian officer brings to the position a vast commanding experience. During his military service in his home country, General Obi held important operational, command and staff positions and before joining the mission he was serving as Chief of Training and Operations in the Nigerian Army Headquarters.

His international experience include assignments at the UN mission in Lebanon in 1981, the UN mission in Sierra Leone in 2000, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) monitoring group in Liberia, the Multinational Joint Task Force Lake Chad and the ECOWAS Monitoring Group in Sierra Leone.

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