News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

22 September 2009 -- The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by reports of recent clashes between the Government of Sudan and rebel forces and the resultant loss of civilian lives and properties in the area of Korma, North Darfur. The Secretary-General calls on all parties to use restraint, renew…

El Fasher, 6 September 2009 -- Dear Darfurians, as I am leaving my functions as Joint Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chief of UNAMID, the AU-UN Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur, I should like to express…

4 September 2009 -- The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the AU Chairperson Jean Ping today announced the appointment of Mr. Mohamed Yonis of Somalia as Deputy Joint Special Representative for Operations and Management in the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). Mr…

El Fasher, 1 September 2009 -- The new Force Commander of the African Union United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba (Rwanda), assumes duty today. He was appointed by the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission and the Secretary-General of the United…

El Fasher, 29 August 2009 -- Two international civilian staff members – one man and one woman – of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were abducted at gunpoint by four or five armed men from their residence in Zalingei, West Darfur, about 400 kilometres from El Fasher, early…

28 August 2009 -- UNAMID police received a boost in its deployment of Formed Police Units (FPU) with the arrival yesterday in Darfur of a contingent of 137 police officers from Senegal. They will be joining three officers who arrived as an advance party on 27 June. The unit will be deployed in El…

26 August 2009 -- The Secretary-General expresses his strong appreciation for the dedication shown by the Joint United Nations – African Union Special Representative for Darfur, Mr. Rodolphe Adada, who has led UNAMID with distinction for the past two years and will be ending his tour of duty at the…

26 August 2009 -- With the arrival today of 180 police officers the deployment of the two Jordanian Formed Police Units (FPUs) is now complete. These officers were preceded, on 19 August, by an advance party of twenty Jordanian Police Advisors tasked with assisting in the preparations of the…

El Fasher, 25 August 2009 -- Marking the end of his tenure in Darfur as the African Union - United Nations Joint Special Representative (JSR) in Darfur, Mr. Rudolphe Adada, made a farewell tour to South and West Darfur before the end of his tour of duty on 31 August 2009. The JSR visited Nyala on 24…

El Fasher 24 August 2009 -- The African Union- United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today held a farewell parade in honor of its outgoing Force Commander, General Martin Luther Agwai. The ceremony was held at El Fasher stadium and was attended by UNAMID Joint Special Representative, Mr…

23 August 2009 -- AU-UN Joint Special Representative, Mr. Rodolphe Adada, today met with the Chairman of the African Union Panel on Darfur (AUPD), Mr. Thabo Mbeki and discussed with him the recent activities of the Panel and the 31 August meeting in Addis Ababa when which the panel will work to…

20 August 2009 -- On the advent of the Holy Month of Ramadan, I would like to seize this opportunity to send my best wishes to all Sudanese throughout the Sudan in general and Darfur in particular. I trust that all peace-loving Sudanese are aspiring to witness an immediate cessation of hostilities…