News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

4 December 2009 -- On 4 December at approximately 4:15 p.m. local time, a military convoy of the UN-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) escorting a water tanker, was ambushed by unidentified armed assailants at Saraf Umra in North Darfur. Two peacekeepers were killed in the attack, a…

4 December 2009 – Two Rwandan peacekeepers from the joint African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were killed and others wounded today in an attack by unidentified gunmen while collecting water at the north of the strife-torn Sudanese region. The dead and wounded were evacuated to El…

2 December 2009 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has informed the Security Council of his intention, following consultations with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, to appoint Mr. Ibrahim Gambari of Nigeria as Joint Special Representative of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid…

30 November 2009 -- A senior United Nations peacekeeping official today voiced “extreme” concern over the fate of two abducted staff members of the joint UN-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID), warning that the security situation on the war-ravaged western flank of Sudan continues to be…

24 November 2009 - A delegation of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council today met with regional Government officials, community leaders and UNAMID staff in North Darfur. The delegation, headed by Ambassador Joseph Nsengimana of Rwanda, was in El Fasher to gain a first-hand assessment of…

23 November 2009 -- Increased threats to international staff in Darfur, including “extremely alarming” kidnappings, ongoing military action by Chad, Sudan and rebels, and Government limits on peacekeepers’ movements continue to hamper efforts to stabilize the Sudanese area torn apart by nearly seven…

23 November 2009 -- As part of a three-day visit to Sudan, a delegation of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council is expected to meet officials of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) at its El Fasher headquarters tomorrow, Tuesday 24 November. Among other issues, the Council will hold…

22 November 2009 - As part of an agreement with the Sudanese Government, UNAMID has been tasked with providing technical assistance in Sudan’s upcoming elections, currently slated for April 2010. UNAMID staff members are among 69 election teams working in Northern Darfur registering eligible voters…

22 November 2009 - More than 150 ex-combatants took part today in the first of a three-day demobilization and reintegration programme sponsored by the Government of Sudan and supported by UNAMID. The wheels for the initiative were set in motion in the summer of 2008, when signatories, comprising…

19 November 2009 - The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today said it will continue to deliberate with Government authorities in North Darfur to ensure that judicial processes are correctly followed with regards to the continued detention of a number of leaders of the Abu…

19 November 2009 - The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has received confirmed reports that 11 persons have been killed, four injured and two missing following an attack by unidentified armed men on two villages – Taman and Shaleb Shaleb – close to Khor Abeche, South Darfur…

19 November 2009 - During the opening of the Darfur peace talks currently being held in Doha, under the auspices of the African Union-United Nations (AU-UN) Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur, Mr. Djibrill Bassolé and facilitated by the Qatari Government, both the Acting Joint Special Representative…