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  • UNISFA observes International Day of Peace
  • First weapons and ammunition management training held in Abyei
  • UNISFA peacekeeper selected as International Female Police Peacekeeper 2017
  • 562 JBVMM peacekeepers receive UN peace medals
  • UNISFA calls for restraint and calm in Abyei
  • UNISFA calls for restraint and calm in Abyei
  • Amiet common market reopens
  • Ngok Dinka and Misseriya sign an agreement for re-opening of Amiet market
  • UNISFA condemns recent attacks in Abyei
  • UNISFA condemns recent attacks in Abyei
UNISFA observes International Day of Peace

The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) observed the International Day of Peace with sporting events between the UN peacekeepers, staff and the youth of Abyei and Diffra.

23 Sep 2017
562 JBVMM peacekeepers receive UN peace medals

 

23 Sep 2017
UNISFA peacekeeper selected as International Female Police Peacekeeper 2017

Assistant Inspector of Police Annah Chota from Zimbabwe has received the International Female Police Peacekeeper Award for her service and achievements in the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

23 Sep 2017
First weapons and ammunition management training held in Abyei

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) held the first Weapons and Ammunition Management (WAM) training in Abyei on 20-24 August 2017 with 19 participants comprising of Ethiopian Light Field Engineers and some UNISFA staff officers.

23 Sep 2017

The Under-Secretary General for the UN Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, visited Abyei on 24-25 July 2017. Accompanying the USG are the Special Envoy of Secretary General to Sudan and South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, and the Director of Africa I Division, Michel Kingsley-Nyinah.

UNISFA Sector 1 in Gok Machar monitors the western corridor of the Safe Demilitarized Border Zone including all disputed areas on the border of Sudan and South Sudan.

Amiet common market reopens

The Amiet common market for the Ngok Dinka and  Misseriya communities reopened on 19 July 2017, after an agreement was reached between the leaders of both communities.

20 Jul 2017
UNISFA hands-over 62 more recovered cattle to Ngok Dinka and Misseriya pastoralists

In its continuing efforts to support peace and security in the Abyei area, the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) recovered and handed-over 62 herd of cattle to the rightful owners on 2 July 2017 in Todach.

03 Jul 2017

The JBVMM is mandated by the UN to verify and monitor the Safe Demilitarized Border Zone (SDBZ) of Sudan and South Sudan and ensure that the two countries fulfill the agreement signed for unconditional withdrawal of forces from the SDBZ.

Abyei children expressing their thoughts on what peace means to them through their drawings and sketches.

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UNISFA observes International Day of Peace

The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) observed the International Day of Peace with sporting events between the UN peacekeepers, staff and the youth of Abyei and Diffra.

23 Sep 2017
First weapons and ammunition management training held in Abyei

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) held the first Weapons and Ammunition Management (WAM) training in Abyei on 20-24 August 2017 with 19 participants comprising of Ethiopian Light Field Engineers and some UNISFA staff officers.

23 Sep 2017
562 JBVMM peacekeepers receive UN peace medals

 

23 Sep 2017
UNISFA calls for restraint and calm in Abyei

The United Nations Interim Security for Abyei (UNISFA) calls for restraint and calm among communities in the Abyei Area following the violent incident on 22 July 2017 along the highway of Todach to Goli, some 27 kilometers from Abyei town, that left eight civilians killed and one person i

23 Jul 2017
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23 Sep 2017

  • UNISFA peacekeeper selected as International Female Police Peacekeeper 2017

23 Jul 2017

  • UNISFA calls for restraint and calm in Abyei

12 Jul 2017

  • UNISFA condemns recent attacks in Abyei
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