News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

24 January 2010 - Yesterday, UNAMID facilitated an African Union Commission mission to El Fasher, North Darfur, to assess the region’s political and security situation ahead of the April general election. The ten-member delegation, led by Mrs. Julia Dolly Joiner, AU Commissioner for Political…

24 January 2010 - At a meeting today with officials from the Government of Sudan, the new AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Joint Special Representative (JSR), Professor Ibrahim Gambari, stated “We reaffirmed our commitment to work jointly and cooperatively to address the remaining challenges in…

19 January 2010 - Today UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) a.i., Henry K. Anyidoho, visited the villages of Saraf Umra and Shanghil Tobaya where he met with Rwandan contingent peacekeepers and UN Police. The JSR a.i. expressed his appreciation to all the peacekeepers on the manner in which…

18 January 2010 - The Deputy Head of Mission of the Japanese Embassy, Mr. Yoichi Nakashima, and Second Secretary, Ms. Mayuko Okabe, arrived yesterday in El Fasher, North Darfur, beginning a five-day tour of the region, facilitated by UNAMID. The visit aims at familiarizing the diplomats with the…

17 January 2010 - UNAMID’s peacekeeping force is expecting to boost its strength following a coordination meeting held on Thursday 22 January in Addis Ababa to finalize details for the deployment of five tactical helicopters to Darfur. Senior UNAMID officials met with representatives from the…

14 January 2010 - The 21st National School Competition, an event which brought students together for two-weeks of intellectual and athletic competition, concluded today. In all, more than 7,000 secondary school students from Sudan’s 25 states took part. The contest, held in El-Fasher, marked the…

13 January 2010 - The UNAMID Human Rights Unit concluded today a two-day workshop for lawyers in El-Geneina. The event, entitled “Human Rights and Legal Aid for Lawyers,” brought together more than a dozen legal practitioners for training on human rights concepts, values and principles, trial rights…

12 January 2010 - The UNAMID/UNMIS Electoral Assistance Division today announced the opening of the nomination period for the upcoming Sudanese elections. The announcement comes on the heels of yesterday’s publication of the final voters’ list, which contained more than 2.4 million voters out of an…

7 January 2010 - UNAMID concluded today a two-day Human Rights/ Gender-Based Violence (HR/GBV) workshop at the ZamZam IDP camp, located on the outskirts of El Fasher, North Darfur. The participants, 25 each day, included women, sheikhs and local community representatives. The UNAMID-organized…

5 January 2010 -- Yesterday, UNAMID police advisors concluded a series of security training sessions held for government police personnel in preparation for the upcoming general elections scheduled to be held in April this year. Training has been organised in all three of Darfur’s states, in the…

30 December 2009 - As participants begin to arrive in El Fasher, a special ceremony was held today in which the Wali (Governor) of North Darfur received representatives from UNAMID and UNICEF at his official residence and formally acknowledged their support and contributions to the 21st National…

29 December 2009 -- Today, representatives of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNAMID) and the Government of Sudan signed the framework for a plan of action aimed at ensuring the safety of UNAMID personnel and their assets. This signing ceremony follows a working session held in…