News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

23 May 2008 -- On 21 May, four UNAMID peacekeepers were ambushed by a group of 60 men armed with semi-automatic weapons on the outskirts of El Geneina. The UNAMID personnel were not hurt, but their effects and weapons were forcefully stolen. The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack and…

22 May 2008 – A Nigerian battalion serving with the hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has been ambushed by dozens of men armed with machine guns, rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, the mission reported today. About 50 to 60 armed men on horseback, dressed…

14 May 2008 – The Darfur conflict could lapse soon into another major cycle of violence and large-scale human displacement unless the parties retreat from their recent state of confrontation, the top United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council today. Briefing Council members on…

13 May 2008 –The Security Council today deplored the weekend attacks by a Darfurian rebel group against the Sudanese Government on the outskirts of the country’s capital, Khartoum, but urged restraint from all sides and warned that no retaliatory action should be taken against civilians. In a…

13 May 2008 –Ongoing military activities by Darfur’s rebel groups as well as reprisal actions by the Sudanese Government and its allied militia are costing lives and limiting humanitarian operations in the strife-torn region, the United Nations Secretary-General says today. In his monthly report to…

5 June 2008 -- "On behalf of UNAMID, senior leadership and all staff members, I would like to start by warmly welcoming you all to Sudan and to the Headquarters of UNAMID. I have with me here, among others, my deputies, Principal Deputy JSR Henry Anyidoho, Deputy JSR for Management and Operations…

2 June 2008 -- Darfurians have once again been called upon to stop fighting and seek the path of peace. “Let’s return to the Path of peace” advised the Deputy Joint Special Representative of UNAMID, Mr. Henry Anyidoho, while speaking with principal Arab tribal leaders from the Rizegat, Native…

28 May 2008 --The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur, UNAMID will on Thursday 29 May 2008, commemorate the 60th anniversary of UN Peacekeeping Day to honor the brave men and women who continue to serve in UN peacekeeping missions throughout the world as well as remember those that lost…

11 June 2008 -- The leadership and personnel of UNAMID wish to convey their condolences to the government and people of Sudan after the terrible accident at Khartoum airport on 10 June which resulted in such tragic loss of life. Our thoughts and prayers at this time are with the families of those…

5 June 2008 - The UN Security Council (UNSC) delegation visited the United Nations-African Union Mission in Sudan (UNAMID) Headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur, as part of a 4-day visit to Sudan within the framework of a tour that will take them to a number of African states. The Joint Special…

18 June 2008 -- A UNAMID staff member was abducted, stripped of official and personal belongings, and physically assaulted by members of an armed Arab militia, as three of his colleagues were held at gun-point, at approximately 1144 hrs, near the UNAMID military base in El Genina - within close…

25 June 2008 -- "A delegation from the United Nations Security Council recently witnessed the challenges facing the African Union/U.N. operation in Darfur (UNAMID). We are missing forces and the equipment needed to sustain them. Our mandated strength is 26,000, yet six months into our deployment we…