Press releases

  • Troops on monitoring and ground patrol in Abyei

    UNISFA calls for restraint and calm in Abyei
    23 Jul 2017 - 23 July 2017 | Abyei  - The United Nations Interim Security for Abyei (UNISFA) calls for restraint and calm among communities in 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...

  • UNISFA Acting Head of Mission and Force Commander meets with the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya community leaders to discuss the peace and security situation in Abyei area and the peacebuilding efforts in the region.

    UNISFA condemns recent attacks in Abyei
    12 Jul 2017 - The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) condemns all attacks perpetrated by unknown armed groups in Abyei Area which resulted in deaths and injuries of civilians.   UNISFA expresses its deepest condolences and sympathy to the...
  • 58 cattle retrieved, pastoralists express gratitude to UNISFA
    28 Jun 2017 - The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) facilitated the retrieval and handing-over of the 58 stolen herd of cattle to the rightful owner, a Ngok Dinka pastoralist, on 26 June 2017 in Todach village, 17 kilometers north from Abyei town. The leaders of the...
  • More weapons and ammunition destroyed in Abyei
    14 Jun 2017 - As part of the continuing efforts to reduce the impact and risk of explosive hazards in Abyei, United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) on 12 June 2017 conducted another destruction exercise of confiscated weapons and ammunition.  ...
  • UNSG appoints Maj Gen Tesfay Gidey Hailemichael of Ethiopia as Force Commander for UNISFA
    24 Feb 2017 - United Nations Secretary-General  António Guterres announced the appointment of Major General Tesfay Gidey Hailemichael of Ethiopia as Force Commander for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).  He succeeds Major General Hassen Ebrahim Mussa of Ethiopia,...
  • UNISFA Force Commander/Acting Head of Mission outlines priorities
    15 Sep 2016 - The Force Commander /Acting Head of Mission of Mission for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), Major General Hassen Ebrahim Mussa, announced at a town-hall meeting at the mission’s Headquarters in Abyei that his administration will give top priority to...
  • Abyei Peace is top priority to achieve UNISFA mandate
    14 Sep 2016 - As part of the continuing processes of the United Nations in fulfilling its mandate in the Abyei region, the Acting Head of Mission / Force Commander for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), Major General Hassen Ebrahim Mussa, met with the Ngok Dinka...
  • Peanut vendor in Amiet market
    UNISFA-supported common market opens in Amiet
    24 Aug 2016 - The joint market for the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya communities which was temporarily suspended due to insecurity formally reopened on 15 August in Amiet, a few kilometers north of Abyei with a few traditional leaders from two communities in attendance. Marked as a crucial joint...

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