126 Egyptian military engineers arrive in Darfur
24 July 2008 -- 126 members of the Egyptian Engineering Company arrived today from Cairo joining 83 personnel already deployed in El Fasher on 7 June as part of the advanced team. UNAMID is expecting to receive the other126…
JSR Rodolphe Adada meets with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir
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…
JSR Adada visits convalescing UNAMID peacekeepers injured in Um Hakibah attack
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…
UNAMID mandate extended by one year
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…
UNAMID monitoring the ongoing reintegration training of ex-combatants
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…
JSR Adada receives Darfur Consortium report
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…
UNAMID carries out patrols and escorts
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…
DJSR Anyidoho and African Union officials hold consultations with the Government of Sudan
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…
JSR Adada receives NGO report on worldwide unavailability of helicopters for UNAMID
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…
UNAMID Force Commander visits Nigerian troops to express condolences
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…
Attack on convoy leaves six civilians dead
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…
UNAMID helicopter shot at
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…