Closure of UNMIS

UNMIS wound up its operations on 9 July 2011 with the completion of the interim period agreed on by the Government of Sudan and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), signed on 9 January 2005.

The mission ended its six years of mandated operations the same day South Sudan declared independence, following a CPA-provided referendum on 9 January 2011 that voted overwhelmingly in favour of secession.

In support of the new nation, the Security Council established a successor mission to UNMIS – the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) – on 9 July for an initial period of one year, with the intention to renew for further periods as required.

Juba storm kills five, injures 22 others

12 Jul 2009

Juba storm kills five, injures 22 others

A heavy thunder storm in the Lologo area of Juba, Southern Sudan, killed about five people and injured 22 others, two critically, on 9 March.

The five killed in the story were struck in Lologo market by lightening, which critically injured two others. The storm also blew off the roof of a prison training centre, injuring 14 trainees. Five of the trainees were critically injured and admitted to Juba Teaching Hospital.

The storm destroyed the training centre's 40 accommodation tents and severely damaged a coremec (pre-fabricated building). The roof of the prison services' clinic and its main building were also damaged.

At the time of the storm, some 289 prison officers were present in the centre for an UNMIS/Government of Southern Sudan basic middle management training course. Damage sustained to the Lologo centre, the main training locale for prisons in Southern Sudan, may have a negative impact on prison capacity building.

The Lologo prison's clinic got destroyed in the storm