On 4 April in Abyei, UNISFA set up an interactive exhibition area about the "Prize Survey" and invited the staff to the "Show and Tell" event. They will be presenting a skit on explosive ordnance risk education to raise awareness about the dangers of explosive ordnance. Additionally, there will be live music and an award ceremony to recognize the most meaningful answers to the “Prize Survey”.

UNISFA Brokers Peace Accord Between Two Communities In Abyei

UNISFA Brokers Peace Accord Between Two Communities In Abyei UNISFA Brokers Peace Accord Between Two Communities In Abyei 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. The leaders committed to advocating for inter-community dialogue to promote the protection of women and…

Nigeria’s Major General Sawyerr assumes office as UNISFA Force Commander

The Force Commander/Acting Head of Mission for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), Major General Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr, has officially taken over from Ethiopia’s Major General Kefyalew Amde Tessemawho has served the mission for close to two years. Solacebase reports that Major General Sawyerr took over on 15 March 2022 and will lead the newly reconfigured…

Le Soudan annonce que l’ONU accepte de remplacer les forces éthiopiennes au sein de l’UNISFA

Le Soudan a annoncé mercredi que les Nations Unies (ONU) ont accepté de remplacer des milliers de forces éthiopiennes au sein de la Force de sécurité intérimaire des Nations Unies pour Abyei (UNISFA) par d’autres forces de l’ONU. Le président du Conseil souverain de transition du Soudan, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, a reçu un appel téléphonique du Secrétaire général adjoint des Nations Unies pour les…

Brigadier General Zewdu Kiros Gebrekidan is the highest ranking female officer in UN Peacekeeping. She serves with our peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s Abyei region, UNISFA. During a recent visit to UN Headquarters, General Gebrekidan shared her thoughts on the importance of #WomenInPeacekeeping and how they increase the operational effectiveness and success of our peacekeeping missions world-wide.

A community market’s ability to bring people of different races, ethnicities, and ages together is being shown in the recently re-established Amiet common market in the Abyei Area of Sudan. Our peacekeeping mission in the region, UNISFA, supported the re-opening of this market to foster reconciliation and peaceful co-existence between the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya tribes, and to bridge peace between the two communities.