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Some 1,200 Mabaan internally displaced persons (IDPs) set off from Ed Damazin, Blue Nile State, to their homes in Upper Nile State in two convoys on 7 and 14 December, the last UN and state joint organized return to that area…
Human Rights Day was celebrated throughout Sudan on 10 December with speeches, poetry, dances, football matches and military parades. Warrap State residents gathered in Kuajok's Freedom Square, together with state ministers…
Commemorating International Anti-Corruption Day at the Nyakuron Cultural Center in Juba on 9 December, Southern Sudan launched a five-year anti-corruption strategy for 2010-2014. The strategy was a roadmap developed in…
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was marked earlier this month by a roundtable discussion in the Southern Sudanese capital of Juba, and a landmark meeting in the national capital of Khartoum between…
Focusing on the importance of voluntary testing, awareness-raising and equal rights, Juba, Malakal, Wau and Khartoum celebrated World AIDS Day in early December. "People living with HIV/AIDS in Southern Sudan face…
Arriving in five buses at the desert village of Wawisi, 50 kilometres north of Khartoum, 150 volunteers set out with the local community to plant 1,000 trees in commemoration of International Volunteer Day on 5 December. "We…
Replacing outgoing UNMIS Ed Damazin Sector Commander Col. Zawar Hussain, Col. Muhammad Muzahir of the Pakistani Army arrived in Sudan on 23 November. Attending a ceremony in Ed Damazin bidding farewell to Col Hussain, Col…
An outbreak of the tropical disease kala azar, which has led to 16 reported deaths thus far, has been confirmed by medical authorities in Southern Sudan. Malakal Teaching Hospital Medical Director Dr. Tut Gony Yemon told the…
Continuing to assist villages in need of medical help, UNMIS Pakistani contingent held a free clinic in Kadala-Mansura village near Ed Damazin on 16 November. The 37th event of its kind, the camp covered the four Rosseries…
As Sudanese elections loom closer, UNMIS focused on key aspects of the poll during a women's workshop on the country's peace accord in Malakal on 13 and 14 November. Organized for 40 participants from area women's groups, the…
In an effort to tighten relations between UN peacekeeping missions in central northern Africa, the Third Inter-mission Conference was held in Entebbe for heads of military components on 11 and 12 November. Attending the UNMIS…
Visiting his first peacekeeping mission since being appointed as Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Deputy Military Advisor in September, Maj. Gen. Abhijit Guha came to Sudan from 31 October to 10 November…