New female police officers begin training for the field
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…
Rwandan peacekeepers commemorate 1994 genocide
07 April 2010 - The Rwandan flag was lowered today as UNAMID’s peacekeepers remembered the victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The ceremony included emotional testimony from one of the victims of the genocide, who had lost…
UNICEF, UNAMID, partners mark International Day for Mine Awareness
07 April 2010 - UNAMID and UNICEF, in collaboration with the Friends of Peace and Development Organization, today marked International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action with a series of activities in…
UNAMID takes part in inter-agency forum on early recovery
31 March 2010 - Yesterday marked the conclusion of a two-day forum on Early Recovery in El Fasher, North Darfur, which brought together around 40 representatives of various stakeholders, including UNAMID and humanitarian aid…
Japanese ambassador meets with UNAMID leadership
01 April 2010 - The newly-appointed Japanese Ambassador to Sudan, Mr. Akinori Wada, today visited UNAMID headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur, as part of a two-day tour of the region. He met with the Mission’s Deputy Joint…
UNAMID JSR meets with SLA-AW leader
30 March 2010 - On 28 March, UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari met in Paris with Abdul Wahid Mohammed Al-Nour, leader of the Sudan Liberation Army-Abdul Wahid (SLA-AW) faction, as a follow up to their…
UNAMID honors Chinese and Egyptian peacekeepers in South Darfur
25 March 2010 - The AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) yesterday paid tribute to 615 Egyptian and Chinese peacekeepers, deployed in Nyala, South Darfur, in recognition of their commitment to the achievement of security and…
UNAMID honors Chinese and Egyptian peacekeepers in South Darfur
25 March 2010 - The AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) yesterday paid tribute to 615 Egyptian and Chinese peacekeepers, deployed in Nyala, South Darfur, in recognition of their commitment to the achievement of security and…
UNAMID takes part in local Climate Change Conference
23 March 2010 - UNAMID today joined policy-makers, UN agencies, donors and other stakeholders, including the Sudanese Federal Ministry of the Environment and the State Farmer’s Union, today in El Fasher, North Darfur, to take…
UNAMID delivers water to assist community in building school
22 March 2010 - As part of UNAMID’s ongoing commitment to provide technical and logistical assistance to the Government of the Sudan’s disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programme, the Mission today delivered…
UNAMID welcomes first contingent of female police officers from Namibia
16 March 2010 - An advance team for the first ever all-female contingent of police officers to UNAMID arrived in Khartoum from Namibia yesterday to begin preparations for their deployment to Darfur.The 17 newly-arrived police…
JSR receives Swedish Minister of International Development and Cooperation
14 March 2010 - UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari today met with a delegation from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led by the Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ms. Gunilla…