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7 January 2011 – UNMIS Malakal office donated furniture, appliances, office equipment and other goods to the library of Upper Nile University to replace items that were looted during the bloody February 2009 clashes in…
8 January 2011 – A day before polling begins for the Southern Sudan self-determination referendum, the commission in charge of the balloting process disclosed the official number of registered voters and confirmed readiness…
6 January 2011 – Voting in the Southern Sudan self-determination referendum is set to begin on time on the morning of 9 January 2011, according to UNMIS Regional Coordinator for Southern Sudan David Gressly. He congratulated…
5 January 2011 - UNMIS Sector Coordinator Hendrik Bruyn today officially opened the first UNMIS Referendum Support Base (RSB) in Renk County, Upper Nile State. Participants at the inauguration included Renk County…
5 January 2011 - A ceasefire framework agreement was signed today by the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and representatives of the renegade SPLA general, George Athor, in Juba just four days before voting begins in the…
5 January 2011 - Members of the UN Secretary-General's panel tasked with monitoring Southern Sudan's upcoming referenda on self-determination arrived in Khartoum today to begin a critical visit on the eve of voting. The three…
4 January 2011 – Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir made a whirlwind visit to Juba today in what may mark his final trip to the southern capital as leader of a united Sudan. Upon his arrival at Juba International Airport…
Tens of thousands of internally displaced Sudanese have been heading back to their southern roots with little more than a few household items and the shirts on their backs. Initially, they struggled to return from the north…
The flagship of the Roman Catholic Church in the greater Bahr El-Ghazal region of Southern Sudan is the cathedral of Wau. Opened in 1956, it is an imposing brick structure replete with cupola and rose window and ranks as the…
Armed with clean sheets of paper and pencils, teenagers were drawing clouds, trees and solid houses in central Omdurman's Felah Centre before returning to the streets, where most of them lived. "We come from the street," said…
2 January 2011 – In a continuing effort to reach areas inaccessible by road, UNMIS airlifted voting materials to the Central Equatoria State payam of Tali today, just a week before balloting begins in Southern Sudan's long…
31 December 2010 – With just over a week left before voting in Southern Sudan's long-awaited referendum begins on 9 January, distribution of ballot papers and other materials to polling centres in Western Bahr El-Ghazal and…