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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has started airlifting internally displaced South Sudanese into Juba. More than 12,000 IDPs have been stranded for months in the town of Kosti in Sudan. UNMISS
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has started airlifting internally displaced South Sudanese into Juba. More than 12,000 IDPs have been stranded for months in the town of Kosti in Sudan. UNMISS
As diplomats from more than 100 countries gathered in Geneva this week to discuss plans for phasing out cluster bombs, the “Cluster Munitions Monitor 2011″ report was launched today detailing the progress made by Governments around the world in banning and destroying the indiscriminate weapons. CH UNTV / FILE
UN Special Representative for the Central African region Abou Moussa today identified a number of key challenges facing the sub-region, including cross border security, activities of armed groups such as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), the circulation of small arms, drugs and human trafficking. He also noted that piracy in the region remains of great [...]
Ethiopian troops began moving to Sudan’s north-south border region of Abyei to monitor the contested region that could serve as a source of conflict between Sudan and the newly independent nation of South Sudan. UNISFA
The Security Council voted today to end the UN Mission in Sudan. Ambassador Susan Rice said the US “deeply regrets” the Sudanese Government's decision not to ask for an extension of the mission’s mandate. UNTV
On the eve of South Sudan’s independence, head of Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy said 9 July marks the completion of the work stipulated in the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement “which ended the civil war in Sudan.” UNMIS
Thousands of Southern Sudanese flocked to Juba’s main streets at the stroke of midnight to celebrate and wish each other well and the best of luck as the country inaugurates its independence day celebrations. UNMIS
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with South Sudan president elect Salva Kiir saying he was happy to join the president to celebrate the independence of South Sudan and was “confident” that this new country would soon become the newest member of the United Nations – “our 193rd Member State.” UNMIS
On the eve of South Sudan’s Independence celebrations, South Sudanese people in Juba town expressed their excitement about the future of Africa’s new state. UNMIS
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Juba Friday telling the people they have come such a long way, “but independence will be just a starting point” and that they have to make South Sudan “a resilient and prosperous sustainable country, democratically mature.” UNMIS