Security Council extends UNAMID by another year
30 July 2009 -- The Security Council agreed today to extend the work of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping operation in Darfur by another year and called for the UN to set out a plan so it can measure whether…
UNAMID's long range patrol visits IDP camps in Tawila
23 July 2009 -- UNAMID Police Commissioner, Micheal Fryer, continued his four-day long range patrol in Tawila, about 60 kilometres west of El Fasher. He was accompanied by UNAMID Deputy Force Commander Duma Mdutyana, and by…
Blue Helmets Think Green -- UNAMID embarks on tree-planting exercise
21 July 2009 -- As part of its efforts to enhance and develop the physical environment in the Mission area, UNAMID today commenced planting trees at its headquarters in El Fasher. An initial 50 seedlings were planted during…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General
20 July 2009 -- The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the increasing violence in West Darfur and along the Chad-Sudan borderThe Secretary-General is disturbed by reports that bombs dropped by Chadian aircraft have…
UNAMID Police Commissioner to lead Mission personnel on four-day long range patrol
20 July 2009 -- Tomorrow, UNAMID Police Commissioner, Michael Fryer, will lead UNAMID police and civilian staff members on a four-day long range patrol from El-Fasher to Kabkabiya and back, covering a distance of more than…
JSR Adada's press statement on the escalation of tensions between Sudan and Chad
17 July 2009 -- Following Sudanese accusation against Chad of conducting air strikes inside its territories namely in the village of Umm Dukhum, a West Darfur town situated on the border between the two countries, the African…
UN Secretary-General’s report on the deployment of UNAMID released
17 July 2009 -- The Secretary-General’s latest report to the Security Council on the deployment of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) is out as a document, the Secretary-General’s spokeswoman…
UN peacekeeping chief visits El Geneina on second day of Darfur trip
14 July 2009 -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (USG/DPKO), Mr. Alain Le Roy, today continued his trip in El Geneina, West Darfur, close to Sudan's common border with Chad.Under-Secretary…
Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations visits Darfur
13 July 2009 -- Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Alain Le Roy, accompanied by African Union Peace and Security Commissioner, Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, today began a two-day visit to Darfur. They met UNAMID…
AU, UN, GoS Tripartite Mechanism holds sixth meeting in Khartoum
Khartoum, 12 July 2008 -- Representatives from the Government of Sudan (GoS), African Union (AU) and the United Nations today held their sixth meeting of the Tripartite Mechanism and discussed issues related to the deployment…
Supreme Global Services Solutions aircraft crash lands in North Darfur – no fatalities
El Fasher, 6 July 2008 -- An Antonov 28 fixed wing aircraft belonging to Supreme Global Services Solutions, which has been contracted by the United Nations to supply food rations in its peace operations, crash landed in Saraf…
UNAMID officials visit returnees in North Darfur
27 June 2009 -- A UNAMID team led by Head-of-Office, Mr. Miguel Martin conducted a one-day visit to the North Darfur town of Kutum on 27 June. The delegation visited the village of Masri, about 20 km south west from Kutum…