News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

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 senior officials from the Civil Affairs, Human Rights, HIV/AIDS and Gender…

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 today’s exercise and it is expected that the project will culminate in…

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 struck locations in the vicinity of Umm Dkuhum in West Darfur on 16 July. These…

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 300 kilometres. The patrol is being conducted as part of the Mission’s…

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 Union-United Nations Joint Special Representative (JSR) in Darfur, Mr…

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 Michele Montas announced in New York today. This report is scheduled to be…

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-General Le Roy held a comprehensive meeting with the Wali (Governor) of West…

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 Joint Special Representative, Mr. Rodolphe Adada, and other senior Mission…

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 and recruitment of staff members of the African Union/United Nations…

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 Omra in Kabkabiya Province, North Darfur earlier today. According to…

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 where the return of people displaced by the conflict was reported and to…

25 June 2009 -- Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur Mr. Djibril Bassole today paid a one-day visit to the North Darfur capital of El Fasher, where he held a meeting with Acting Joint Special Representative, Mr. Henry Anyidoho and other senior officials. During the meeting, Mr. Bassole briefed on the…