Statement by Rodolphe Adada AU/UN Joint Special Representative for Darfur on the occasion of Ramadan
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…
UNAMID holds first round table meeting with signatories to Darfur Peace Agreement
20 August 2009 - The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) yesterday convened a Round Table meeting of the Parties and Partners of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) on the implementation of the DPA chaired by…
UNAMID Police receives advance party of Jordanian Formed Police Unit (FPU)
19 August 2009 -- The UNAMID Police today received a boost in its deployment of Formed Police Units (FPU) with the arrival of a 46-person advance party of Jordanian police personnel. The remaining 280 personnel are scheduled…
UNAMID provides training for North Darfur prison officials
18 August 2009 -- UNAMID Human Rights and Rule of Law organized a four-day training course on 10 August, for prison officials working in North Darfur state on ‘human rights standards and prison management’. The course was…
UNAMID Police establish Gender Crime Special Investigations Unit
18 August 2009 -- UNAMID has established a gender crime special investigations unit within the police component that will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on investigations of crimes committed against women and…
UNAMID receives additional Egyptian peacekeepers
17 August 2009 -- The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today received the first batch of the remaining Egyptian contingent consisting of 95 personnel. The remaining of the contingent will arrive on 20…
Tanzanian Battalion begins deployment in Darfur
12 August 2009 -- The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today received a boost in its deployment with the arrival of 200 personnel advance party of the first Tanzanian Battalion in Darfur. The primary…
Additional peacekeepers from Burkina Faso arrive in Darfur
11 August 2009 -- The second batch of the advance party of the infantry battalion from Burkina Faso, consisting of 133 personnel, arrived today in Nyala in South Darfur to join the African Union-United Nations Hybrid…
Ethiopian infantry battalion advance party arrives in Darfur
5 August 2009 -- As UNAMID continues to move towards its goal of 97 per cent deployment by the end of this year, another infantry battalion has arrived in Darfur. The first batch of the advance party of the Ethiopian Infantry…
UNAMID welcomes arrival of members of Burkina Faso infantry battalion
4 August 2009 -- An initial batch of troops of the first ever Burkina Faso infantry battalion in the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), consisting of 134 soldiers, arrived today in Nyala, South Darfur to…
UNAMID Force Commander visits Egyptian troops based in North Darfur
30 July 2009 -- As part of his farewell visits to UNAMID troops, Force Commander, General Martin Luther Agwai, yesterday visited the Egyptian battalion deployed in Umm Kadada, North Darfur, more than 100 kilometres east of El…
JSR Adada welcomes extension of UNAMID mandate
31 July 2009 -- The United Nations Security Council by resolution 1881 (2009) has extended the mandate of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) for another year until 31 July 2010. The Council welcomed the improvement in the…