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31 December 2010 – UN Police (UNPOL) advisers visited a camp for street children in the Upper Nile State capital of Malakal on the last day of the year and donated T-shirts and first aid supplies to the camp's staff. Present…
23 December 2010 – As the Southern Sudan self-determination referendum rapidly approaches, the Upper Nile State Referendum High Committee and UNMIS completed a two-day training on polling and counting today in Malakal. A…
28 December 2010 – Materials the Referendum State High Committee (RSHC) of Upper Nile received last week for next month's self-determination referendum in Southern Sudan are currently being packed for distribution to 242…
23 December 2010 – Officials of the United Nations Integrated Referendum and Electoral Division (UNIRED) delivered over seven million ballot papers to the Southern Sudan Referendum Bureau in a formal ceremony held at the…
22 December - Wrapping up a three-day visit to Sudan ahead of the southern self-determination referendum, the UN Secretary-General's monitoring panel said it believed a credible poll could take place, although vital…
21 December 2010 -- Over 2,500 southerners who arrived in Malakal from North Sudan three weeks ago are stranded in the Upper Nile State capital as they await ground transport to their hometowns and villages. The state…
20 December – The UN panel monitoring Sudan's referenda met today with Southern Sudanese officials and civil society organizations in Juba to discuss progress after voter registration and challenges ahead of the vote, slated…
19 December – A top UNMIS official pronounced the mission to be technically and logistically ready for the referendum scheduled to begin on 9 January 2011 during a two-day visit to Western and Northern Bahr El-Ghazal states…
With the help of a few oil drums and pieces of iron, a Malakal man has transformed travel in Upper Nile State during the rainy season. Boats made by Mohamed Hamza Abaker' have opened up trade and reunited communities…
Before Sudan's peace accord was signed five years ago, the only aircraft allowed to land at Juba International Airport belonged to the Sudanese Armed Forces and international aid agencies. Five years later, Kenya Airways…
A proud and smiling Sheila Keji Modi recalled that she and a fellow reporter were the first voices to be heard on Radio Miraya. It was 30 June 2006, when the UN station went on air for the first time in the Southern Sudan…
Gone are the days just a few years ago when UN and relief agency 4x4s seemed to dominate the potholed, mainly dirt streets of Khartoum. Now, the city's newly paved roads are teeming with transport, including a wide variety of…