News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

20 April 2010 - After a 42-kilometer, three-hour journey through unforgiving desert terrain, a military convoy and two UNAMID tanker trucks, containing a combined 40,000 liters of water, yesterday made their way to the village of Harari Naria. The rural community, located just north of El Fasher…

19 April 2010 - With the conclusion of the national elections, the focus now shifts on to the continuation of the Doha peace negotiations. Today UNAMID’s office in El Geneina, West Darfur, hosted a consultative meeting for representatives of civil society organizations from across the state.The…

18 April 2010 - With the flags of the United Nations and the African Union both at half-mast today, UNAMID joined the international community in mourning late Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and the 94 other passengers and crew who died in an airplane crash on 10 April.President Kaczynski…

15 April 2010 - The four UNAMID peacekeepers who were reported missing in Nyala, South Darfur, more than four days ago, remain unaccounted for. Today, Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari announced that Crisis Management Teams have been established in Nyala, and at the Mission’s…

15 April 2010 - UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative (DJSR) Mohamed Yonis today visited Nyala, South Darfur, to meet with the staff of UNAMID Sector South (Nyala) and convey his solidarity to them following the abduction of their colleagues.At a meeting with the Wali (Governor) of South Darfur…

15 April 2010 - “It was very encouraging to see that, despite the conflict that was going on here, there was very high voter turnout in Darfur,” said former South African President Thabo Mbeki at a press conference held yesterday in El Fasher, North Darfur.The President’s remarks came at the…

13 April 2010 - The four UNAMID peacekeepers who went missing on 12 April remain unaccounted for. UNAMID continues to work closely with the Government of the Sudan and local authorities in the search for the missing personnel. JSR Gambari has today confirmed that the peacekeepers, two male and two…

13 April 2010 - The head of the League of Arab States’ Elections Observation Mission, Ambassador Salah Halima, today paid a visit to UNAMID headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur, where he met with the Mission’s Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari and Deputy JSR Mohamed Yonis.During…

12 April 2010 - Former Ghanaian President, John Agyekum Kufuor, and head of the African Union (AU) Liaison Office in Sudan, Ambassador Mahmoud Kane, were received today by UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari at the Mission’s headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur.The Ghanaian…

12 April 2010 - UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari today accompanied UNAMID police as they conducted a patrol of Abu Shouk and Al Salam Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps outside El Fasher, North Darfur. He was accompanied by Deputy Joint Special Representative (DJSR)…

11 April 2010 - Voting began today in the Sudan's first multiparty elections since 1986. The national ballot will take place over a three-day period in the country's 25 states, three of which are in Darfur. Of the Sudan's 16 million eligible voters, 3.6 million are registered in Darfur. The figure…

07 March 2010 - More than thirty female police officers have today begun training in Gender, Child Protection and Community Policing courses before their deployment for field duty assignments in all three Darfur states. The officers, who form UNAMID’s first-ever all female police contingent, had…