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  • UNISFA Brokers Peace Accord Between The Two Communities In Abyei
  • Traditional Leaders Peace Conference provides a platform for dialogue
  • UNISFA Strongly Condemns the Surge in Criminal Incidents within...
  • Nigeria’s Major General Sawyerr assumes office as UNISFA Force Commander and Acting Head of Mission
  • UNISFA observe International Women's Day on 9 March 2022
  • Statement on increase in violence in the southern part of Abyei Area, call for dialogue
  • Force Commander and Ag. HoM designate calls on Ngok Dinka Paramount Chief and Juba-appointed Chief...
  • Incoming Force Commander and Ag. Head of Mission arrives in Abyei
  • UNISFA Deputy Force Commander Brig. Gen. Abu Syed Mohammod Bakir assumes office
  • Ghanaian Battalion takes over from Ethiopian Battalion in Kadugli
UNISFA Brokers Peace Accord Between The Two Communities In Abyei

19 May 2022, Entebbe, Uganda – In a major breakthrough, the Misseriya and Ngok Dinka traditional leaders have signed a peace accord reiterating their commitment to achieving lasting peace in Abyei Area.

19 May 2022
Traditional Leaders Peace Conference provides a platform for dialogue

Entebbe, Uganda, 17 May 2022 - The Joint Traditional Leaders’ Peace Conference, bringing together thirty leaders from the Misseriya and Ngok Dinka communities in Abyei, officially

17 May 2022
UNISFA Strongly Condemns the Surge in Criminal Incidents within Abyei Administrative Area and calls on for the Cooperation and Support from the Community and Abyei Administration

Abyei, 14 May 2022 - The United Nations Interim Security Forces for Abyei (UNISFA) strongly condemns the surge in criminal incidents within the

14 May 2022
UNISFA observe International Women's Day on 9 March 2022

UNISFA observe International Women's Day ON 9 March, the Deputy Force Commander Brigadier General Abu Syed Mohammod Bakir, led UNISFA personnel in commemorating this year’s International Women’s Day.

09 Mar 2022
Statement on increase in violence in the southern part of Abyei Area, call for dialogue

Abyei, 8 March 2022 – The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is deeply concerned about the renewed violence in the southern part of the Abyei Area.

08 Mar 2022
Force Commander and Ag. HoM designate calls on Ngok Dinka Paramount Chief and Juba-appointed Chief Administrator in Abyei

The Force Commander/Ag Head of Mission designate, Major General Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr, on 1 March 2020, called on the Ngok Dinka Paramount Chief (PC) and the Juba-appointed Chief Administrator in Abyei.

01 Mar 2022
Ghanaian Battalion takes over from Ethiopian Battalion in Kadugli

A handover ceremony between the Ghanaian and Ethiopian battalions was held at the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JBVMM) headquarters in Kadugli on 15 February 2022.

15 Feb 2022
Pakistan battalion deploys to UNISFA

The Pakistan army has dispatched the advance party of its battalion to UNISFA. The advance team, comprising of 15 personnel, arrived in the mission Area of Operation on 9 February 2022, and was deployed to UNISFA Todach Team Site of Sector North.

09 Feb 2022
Sensitization training on Sexual Gender Based Violence for Abyei FM journalists

UNPOL and partners conducted a training on Sexual Gender Based Violence and, children's rights for journalists working for Abyei FM on 9 December 2021. The training is part of sensitization sessions on SGBV organised by UN Police and partners in the Abyei Box.

09 Dec 2021
UN Police and CPC rally to end Gender Based Violence

The Abyei Community Protection Committee (CPC) team beat the UN POLICE and military, team during a football match to raise awareness about gender-based violence. The march was organized in Abyei town on 6 December 2021.

06 Dec 2021
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UNISFA observe International Women's Day on 9 March 2022

UNISFA observe International Women's Day ON 9 March, the Deputy Force Commander Brigadier General Abu Syed Mohammod Bakir, led UNISFA personnel in commemorating this year’s International Women’s Day.

09 Mar 2022
Force Commander and Ag. HoM designate calls on Ngok Dinka Paramount Chief and Juba-appointed Chief Administrator in Abyei

The Force Commander/Ag Head of Mission designate, Major General Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr, on 1 March 2020, called on the Ngok Dinka Paramount Chief (PC) and the Juba-appointed Chief Administrator in Abyei.

01 Mar 2022
Incoming Force Commander and Ag. Head of Mission arrives in Abyei

The Incoming UNISFA Force Commander and Acting Head of Mission, Major General Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr of Nigeria, arrived in Abyei on 28 February 2022. Maj. Gen.

28 Feb 2022
UNISFA Deputy Force Commander Brig. Gen. Abu Syed Mohammod Bakir assumes office

The newly appointed UNISFA Deputy Force Commander has arrived in the mission Area of Operation. Brig. Gen. Abu Syed Mohammod Bakir arrived in Abyei on 20 February. Brig. Gen.

20 Feb 2022
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  • UNISFA Brokers Peace Accord Between The Two Communities In Abyei

17 May 2022

  • Traditional Leaders Peace Conference provides a platform for dialogue

14 May 2022

  • UNISFA Strongly Condemns the Surge in Criminal Incidents within...
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  • I love my job - by Caroline Barozi
  • Controling airs - by  Meron Tefera
  • Embrace journey - by Paul Waithaka
  • I would do it again - by Angelique Muhawenimana
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