News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

17 November 2009 - As part of a 10-day tour to gain a first-hand view of the situation in Sudan, the UN SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, visited the North Darfur city of El Fasher. Today’s field visit included meetings with the Wali of North Darfur and the…

15 November 2009 - Community leaders in Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur, about 50 kilometres from El Fasher, have commended the timely intervention of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in curtailing the recent clashes in the surrounding villages of Jabel Moskul and Jabelti. Leaders from the Birgid…

15 November 2009 -On Saturday 14 October, 91 Filipino civilian police officers received peacekeeping medals as a tribute for their activities in the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). In his message to the policemen and women, Joint Special Representative ad interim (JSR a.i.), Mr. Henry K. Anyidoho…

2 November 2009 -- On 31 October 2009, the UNAMID Rule of Law Prisons Advisory Unit in Collaboration with the GoS Prisons Service organized a visit to the prison institutions in Kabkabbya and Kutum. The purpose of the visit was to conduct technical assessment of the institutions to identify areas of…

1 November 2009 -- 61 Nepalese Special Force Reserve Company personnel and 61 Sector North Reserve Company personnel arrived in EL Fasher on 27 October 2009. The new arrivals are formed out of elite units with considerable combat and Peace-Keeping experience. Nepal already has 16 Staff Officers, 16…

30 October 2009 – The top United Nations peacekeeping official, Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy, has stressed that ending the conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region will require greater commitment and efforts by the parties involved, lamenting that the peace process has been moving very slowly…

29 October 2009 -- Following recent clashes between the Zaghawa and Birgid tribes around Shangil Tobaya, a team led by UNAMID Deputy Sector North Commander, accompanied by UN Department for Safety and Security (UNDSS) UNAMID Police, Civil Affairs, Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs, UNICEF and OCHA…

28 October 2009 -- As part of its work to support the Government of Sudan with technical advice and activities that contribute to gender mainstreaming and the implementation of fundamental policies, regulations, legislation and resolutions, the UNAMID Sector South Gender Advisory Unit, in…

27 October 2009 -- On 26 October, at approximately 15:00 hours, UNAMID Team Site at Shangil Tobaiya (70km south of El Fasher, North Darfur) received information that tribal clashes between the Zaghawas and Birgids resumed leaving 10 Birgids killed, two of whom died at UNAMID Level I Hospital (LIH)…

22 October 2009 -- Two persons died after sustaining injuries in communal clashes on 20 October between the Zaghawa and Birgid tribes in an area between Jabel Moskul and Jabelti area, about 20 kilometres southeast of Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur. UNAMID Peacekeepers in Shangil Tobaya intervened and…

21 October 2009 -- The visiting Rwandan Chief of Defense, Gen. James Kabarebe, was received today with military honors by the UNAMID Force Commander (FC). He discussed with the FC the security situation in Darfur as well as the state of the Mission. The Rwandan official also met with UNAMID Acting…

21 October 2009 -- On 20 October, UN Under-Secretary General (USG) for Field Support, Ms. Susana Malcorra visited Sector West HQ at El-Geneina, West Darfur, accompanied by DJSR for Operations and Management, Mr. Mohamed Yonis, where she challenged UNAMID Forces stating that “this is a moment of…