News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

19 October 2009 -- UNAMID personnel in the field have recently observed a sizable and unusual increase in military activities by the Government of Sudan (GoS) and Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid Faction (SLA/AW) forces, notably in the areas of Sortony and Kabkabiya in North Darfur. UNAMID is…

18 October 2009 -- On Saturday 17 October at about 1300 hours, unknown gunmen attacked a formed police unit (FPU) escort of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) wounding three policemen, two of them critically. The attack, the second on the Mission in one week, occurred in Zalingei, West Darfur…

13 October 2009 -- On Monday 12 October at 2145 hours, unidentified gunmen opened fire on a military guard post of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in Kutum, North Darfur, injuring one UNAMID soldier in the arm. The attackers had already escaped by the time the UNAMID Quick Reaction Force…

11 October 2009 -- In continuing promotion of its mandate to protect civilians, UNAMID has conducted a workshop on sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in the Rwanda internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Tawilla, North Darfur, about 50 kilometers from El Fasher. Thirty women leaders…

7 October 2009 -- AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Force Commander, Lieutenant-General Patrick Nyamvumba, on Tuesday met South Darfur state officials, including the Deputy Wali, Dr. Farah Mustafa Abdalla and members of the state cabinet. Dr. Abdalla thanked UNAMID for its contribution to the peace…

5 October 2009 -- The first batch of Government of Sudan (GoS) police targetted for providing security during Sudan’s upcoming national elections in April 2010 have participated in a training workshop conducted by the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in El Fasher. The 70 Sudanese police officers are…

30 September 2009 -- Egypt’s first formed police unit (FPU) to be deployed in UNAMID arrived today pushing the current number of FPUs in the Mission to 12 of an authorized total of nineteen. The 130 policemen will be based in El Fasher to increase the Mission’s patrol capacity in communities around…

29 September 2009 -- The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack on a UNAMID convoy which took place yesterday in El Geneina, West Darfur leaving one peacekeeper dead and two others injured. The Secretary-General calls on the Government of Sudan to do its utmost to…

29 September 2009 -- The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) strongly condemns the attack on a convoy carrying UNAMID civilian and military personnel by six to eight armed men in El Geneina on the evening of Monday 28 September at around 1845 hours that caused the death of one…

28 September 2009 -- Today marks the thirty-first day of the abduction of two international civilian staff members of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) who were taken at gunpoint by four or five armed men from their home in Zalingei, West Darfur, about 400 kilometres from El Fasher, to an unknown…

28 September 2009 -- UNAMID Police Advisors conducted a workshop for community policing volunteers in the Duma internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Nyala, South Darfur over the weekend. More than 97 volunteers participated, including the Sheikh of sheikhs and 27 women. The workshop was held to…

24 September 2009 -- The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) continues to urge for an end to the clashes between the Government of Sudan and rebel movements in Korma, North Darfur. UNAMID remains concerned about the impact of the clashes on civilians and of the consequences to…