The United Nation Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) concluded its mandate on 9 July 2011, coinciding with South Sudan’s independence, transitioning to the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to support the new nation’s stability and development.
The Equatoria Hotel was the only lodging of its kind operating in what would become the Southern Sudanese capital of Juba when the country's peace accord was signed in January 2005. Otherwise, the city had little to offer…
30 January 2011 – Releasing preliminary official results today in Juba, the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission (SSRC) indicated that voters had overwhelmingly endorsed the secession of Sudan's 10 southern states from the…
26 January 2011 - Commemorating a 1950 constitution establishing India as a secular, democratic republic, UNMIS Indian Battalion celebrated the 62 nd anniversary of its republic day at the mission's compound today in Malakal…
25 January 2011 – Thousands of Blue Nile State residents are continuing to voice a need for development and services in daily public forums called for by Sudan's 2005 peace agreement. The 21-day "popular consultations"…
24 January 2011 - Southern Sudan had demonstrated political maturity in successfully conducting the referendum, but people should not begin celebrating yet, a top southern official said today. Speaking during the opening of…
21 January 2011 - As early victory celebrations kicked off in Kuajok's Freedom Square, Ayok Aguek Chol hung back a little, uncertain if he qualified to join in the merry-making. Results from different referendum centres in…
When Santino Mayen enrolled in a primary school in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal State capital of Wau in 2005, Southern Sudan was just beginning to recover from two decades of civil war that had crippled its educational system…
20 January 2011 – Preliminary results issued by the Upper Nile State Referendum High Committee today showed that over 99 per cent of ballots cast favored the separation of Southern Sudan from the rest of the country. Speaking…
20 January 2011 - The Southern Sudan self-determination referendum allowed people to freely and fairly express their will in a credible process, although there were important shortcomings, according to domestic observers to…
Jackson Joshua Jada walked up to a polling centre in the Kator district of Juba at 1 a.m. on 9 January to ensure he would be its first voter in Southern Sudan's long-awaited referendum on self-determination. The moment was a…
As people speak their minds in public forums about implementation of Sudan's peace accord in Blue Nile State, the majority agree that it ended the war but has failed to satisfy their needs. As the "popular consultation"…
17 January 2011 – Top government officials meeting today in Kadugli, Southern Kordofan State, agreed on several security-related actions in the Abyei area, including military deployment and protection of returnees passing…