UNAMID Chief wraps-up West Africa visit, briefs officials on Darfur
21 April 2010 - UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari today concluded a series of high-level meetings in western Africa. The visit, which covered three countries in the span of five days, included…
UNAMID continues water delivery for school
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…
Preparations resume in West Darfur for Doha negotiations
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…
UNAMID pays tribute to victims of Polish plane crash
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…
UNAMID Chief taking every possible measure to ensure safe release of peacekeepers
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…
UNAMID Deputy visits Nyala in show of support for missing staff
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…
Mbeki leads AU Panel delegation to 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…
Update on missing peacekeepers
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…
Arab League election observers meet with UNAMID leadership
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…
Ghana’s Kufuor visits Darfur as head of AU Election Mission
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…
UNAMID leadership joins patrol of IDP camps
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…
Voters go to the polls in Sudan's historic ballot
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…