News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

23 July 2008 -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir met briefly today with the African Union-United Nations Joint Special Representative for Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, and other senior members of the UN mission’s leadership when he visited UNAMID headquarters in El Fashir.The Sudanese President reassured…

25 July 2008 -- The AU-UN Joint Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, today visited the peacekeepers convalescing in a Khartoum hospital who were injured in the attack at Um Hakibah in North Darfur on 8 July this year, in which 7 peacekeepers lost their lives while 22 were injured…

31 July 2008 –The Security Council tonight extended by one year the mandate of the joint United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Darfur. With 14 votes in favour and an abstention by the United States, a resolution was adopted to extend the mission – which was authorized by the…

29 July 2008 -- The African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has been monitoring the ongoing reintegration training of ex-combatants into the Government of Sudan (GoS) Armed Forces and Police. More than 1,000 ex-combatants from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and Sudan…

28 July 2008 -- The Joint AU-UN Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur, Mr. Rodolphe Adada today received a report titled “Putting People First,” which was compiled by the Darfur Consortium, which groups more than 50 African-based and Africa-focused NGOs working to promote a just, peaceful and…

28 July 2008 -- "The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has carried out 33 confidence building patrols, 5 night patrols, 13 patrols escorting women who carry firewood and 16 escorts of humanitarian assistance over the past 24 hours," announced the Secretary-General's spokeswoman…

4 August 2008 -- The Deputy UN-AU Joint Special Representative for Darfur, Henry Anyidoho, travelled to Khartoum yesterday, along with senior African Union officials, for consultations with the Government of Sudan. The officials discussed, among other topics, the deployment of UNAMID; support for…

31July 2008 -- Mr. Rodolphe Adada, UNAMID’s Joint Special Representative (JSR), has reviewed a report released today, endorsed by 36 International NGOs working on Darfur. The report, which focused mainly on the unavailability of helicopters to UNAMID, has been strongly supported by Archbishop…

5 August 2008 -- The Force Commander of the Joint United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur [UNAMID], General Martin Luther Agwai today paid a condolence visit to members of the Nigerian company in Foro Baranga, Western Darfur following the loss of their Commanding Officer two weeks ago.The…

6 August 2008 –A civilian convoy with seven vehicles was attacked on Monday, leaving six dead and 28 wounded, the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reported today.According to UNAMID the seven Sudanese civilian vehicles were travelling from Nyala to El Fasher…

11 August 2008 -- A helicopter belonging to the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was shot at earlier today in West Darfur.The helicopter took off from El Geneina at around noon local time and the pilot heard shots being fired at the helicopter about 30 minutes after take-off, when the helicopter was…

12 August 2008 -- 126 Egyptian military engineers arrived in Darfur earlier today. The Egyptian Engineering Company is now fully deployed with a strength of 335 military personnel. The Egyptian Engineering company is composed of an engineering platoon (de-mining), a construction platoon, an…