SG Ban concerned by reports of movement of rebel groups across the Chad/Sudan border
1 April 2008 -- The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by reports of continued movement of rebel groups across the Chadian/Sudanese border and by the possibility that these groups may launch cross-border attacks. The…
UNAMID Intensifies Political Dialogue with Sudan Government
8 Apriil 2008 -- Joint Special Representative of the UN / AU Mission in Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, held a series of high-level talks with Sudanese officials, in the course of the last two days, to coordinate activities and…
Gunmen Attack UNAMID Police Patrol Near Zamzam Camp in N. Darfur
El Fasher, N. Darfur / 10 April 2008 – One UNAMID police officer was injured and two vehicles hijacked when four unidentified gunmen attacked a UNAMID Police Patrol Wednesday afternoon only 2 kms north of the Internally…
Secretary-General Ban condemns attack on UNAMID police
10 April 2008 -- "The Secretary-General is very troubled by the 9 April attack on United Nations – African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) police personnel outside of the Zam Zam camp for internally displaced persons near El…
UN and African Union envoys to hold more consultations in Sudan on Darfur
14 April 2008 –The United Nations and African Union envoys spearheading international efforts to resolve the five-year conflict wracking Darfur will tomorrow begin a four-day visit to Sudan to hold consultations with the…
Hopes for political solution in Darfur wilt under military action – says SG Ban in new UN report
16 April 2008 –The prospect of negotiating a political solution to the Darfur crisis has become ever more remote as both the Sudanese Government and rebels appear determined to pursue a military solution, according to a…
UN, African Union envoys hold fresh talks with leaders of rebel groups
19 April 2008 –The United Nations and African Union envoys spearheading efforts to devise a durable political settlement to the five-year conflict in Darfur have held several days of talks in the Sudanese region with…
JSR Adada briefs the Security Council in New York
22 April 2008-- In a briefing to the UN Security Council on the situation in Darfur, the UN / AU Joint Special Representative, Rodolphe Adada, appealed to member states to redouble efforts to assist the Mission overcome the…
UNAMID Chief voices ‘impatience’ for positive change
30 April 2008 –The head of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, known as UNAMID, said today that he is just as anxious as people on the ground are for progress. “It has almost been 3 months into the…
UNAMID Strongly Condemns Recent Killing of a WFP Driver in Darfur
El Fasher, 27 April 2008 --- UNAMID is deeply shocked and profoundly disturbed by the cold-blooded murder of Mohammed Makki El Rasheed, a truck driver working for United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday 21 April…
UNAMID Evacuates Victims Following Bombardments of Villages in North Darfur
2 May 2008 -- UN/AU peacekeeping forces (UNAMID) succeeded, today, in organizing an operation to air-lift wounded civilians, following SAF air attacks on the village of Umm Sidir in North Darfur, yesterday.The evacuation was…
UN Secretary-General sounds alarm on violence in outskirts of Sudanese capital
10 May 2008 –United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced grave concern over the fighting spurred by attacks by the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces that has broken out on the outskirts of the…