News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

27 April 2009 -- UNAMID chief and African Union-United Nations Joint Special Representative to Darfur, Mr. Rodolphe Adada, this morning briefed the UN Security Council on the latest developments in the Sudanese region. “Our UNAMID teams are working around the clock to prevent killings, violence and…

23 April 2009 -- UNAMID Acting Joint Special Representative, Mr. Hocine Medili, today met with Dutch Ambassador to Sudan, H.E. Norbertus Wilhelminus Maria Braakhuis. This is the diplomat’s first official visit to Darfur since he assumed his duty. He was briefed on the political, humanitarian and…

20 April 2009 – A fire broke out last night at the UNAMID headquarters causing millions of dollars worth of damage. UNAMID fire fighters, assisted by blue helmets from Rwanda and Egypt and the State Airport Fire Brigade, eventually brought the fire under control without suffering any injuries. The…

15 April 2009 – The joint United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Darfur today reported that the security situation remains calm as scheduled troop rotations begin among some unitsThe hybrid operation, which is known as UNAMID and is tasked with quelling violence and protecting…

8 April 2009 -- UNAMID Joint Special Representative, Mr. Rodolphe Adada, today met with the Special Assistant to the President and the Chairman of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA), Mr. Minni Minawi. They discussed a series of issues, including the enhancement of security and the…

El Fasher, 3 April 2009 -- The African Union High Level Panel on Darfur (AUPD) arrived in El Fasher, North Darfur, today to meet with the leadership of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and senior Government officials in the region. The Panel – led by former South African…

El Fasher, 31 March 2009 -- Representatives from the Government of Sudan (GoS), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) today held the fifth meeting of the Tripartite Committee on UNAMID. The meeting focused on issues relating to UNAMID deployment that require further attention and follow…

30 March 2009 -- The advance party of the 2nd Egyptian Infantry Battalion, consisting of 100 personnel, arrived in Nyala today to join UNAMID. Another 100 personnel are expected to arrive tomorrow. The advance party consists mainly of engineering personnel with light capability to prepare the…

25 March 2009 -- Two internally displaced persons (IDPs) died today after a fire broke out at the Abu Zar IDP camp near the West Darfur state capital of El Geneina. A joint team of UNAMID military and police personnel that was dispatched to the camp to investigate the fire’s cause was informed by…

23 March 2009 -- On the last day of his life John Ahmed could be found where his colleagues always knew to look for him: hard at work, ensuring the smooth passage of mail, messages and other information between his battalion and the rest of UNAMID. The Nigerian Lance Corporal, who had only served…

18 March 2009 -- The number of new arrivals in Zam Zam Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in North Darfur continues to rise, bringing the total to about 80,000. The majority of the newcomers are from villages and IDP camps in South Darfur, but there are also arrivals from Shangil Tobaya in…

17 March 2009 -- The Secretary-General deeply regrets the death of one UNAMID [African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur] peacekeeper who died from a gunshot wound received during a deliberate attack on a UNAMID patrol today in Nyala, South Darfur.The Secretary-General condemns this…