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12 August 2010 - Newly elected members of parliament from Western Equatoria State Legislative Assembly in Southern Sudan took part today in a one-day gender awareness workshop in the state capital Yambio. The 48…
09 August 2010 - Fire broke out at a market in the Upper Nile State town of Nasser on today, destroying seven shops before local officials requested an UNMIS fire fighting party to prevent it from spreading further. Asked by…
Over 150 ex-combatants have been demobilized in Aweil, Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State, following the launch of the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programme there by the Southern Sudan DDR Commission in…
The first-ever World Cup football tournament to be held on African soil gripped Sudanese fans of the sport from the moment the inaugural game between South Africa and Mexico kicked off in Johannesburg's Soccer City Stadium on…
A delegation from the Embassy of Japan to Khartoum made a five-day visit to four Sudanese states to assess progress in implementing the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ahead of the country's rapidly approaching…
Celebrating the entry into force of the Convention for Cluster Munitions, government officials, diplomats and UN officials gathered at the Sudanese Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs on 1 August. "Sudan does not have a…
Many internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Gedaref State, North Sudan, wish to return home before upcoming Popular Consultations in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states as well as the southern referendum. Popular…
Issues of key concern in Upper Nile State, including rising insecurity, were discussed at a political parties roundtable held by UNMIS in collaboration with various agencies in Malakal on 22 July. Attended by six political…
Severe flooding in Akobo County, Jonglei State, has caused the deaths of two people and destroyed 133 households, according to the report of a humanitarian team that visited the Walgak area. Compiled jointly by the World Food…
Representatives of Sudan's north-south border states concluded a two-day conference on peaceful co-existence among their communities in Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, on 15 July. Mainly focusing on security and…
The health sector in Southern Sudan is going high-tech. A $2.2 million investment in computers, satellites and electricity generators by the Ministry of Health of the semi-autonomous Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) should…
While the internet has laid siege to postal services in many countries, the sector remains vital in Sudan, where less than 10 per cent of the population are online. With infrastructure and a functional system in place, the…