News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

29 October 2008 -- UNAMID police advisers, in collaboration with the Mine Action team and accompanied by protection force, conducted a lecture on mine awareness at Labado Boys School in Labado, Sector South, on Monday, 27 October. The team was also accompanied by the Sudan Liberation Army/Minawi…

10 November 2008 -- Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Public Service Announcements were broadcast by El Fasher Radio yesterday morning to inform the population that the UNAMID Force would conduct live-fire exercises in the Dirwat Fashar area, east of El Fasher (North Darfur), from Monday 10 to Friday 14…

6 November 2008 -- The African Union fact-finding team led by the former President of Burundi Pierre Buyoya, arrived in El Fasher, North Darfur, today, as part of its visit to the region, in a bid to defuse escalating tensions between Chad and Sudan. During its visit to Darfur, the team will visit…

4 November 2008 -- The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur today bid farewell to one of its Peacekeepers killed on 29 October 2008 whilst conducting his duties in North Darfur. Corporal Ben Benjamin Titus was killed by unknown gunmen at a water point near Kutum base, North Darfur…

El Fasher, 4 November 2008: The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur today bid farewell to one of its Peacekeepers killed on 29 October 2008 whilst conducting his duties in North Darfur. Corporal Ben Benjamin Titus was killed by unknown gunmen at a water point near Kutum base…

4 Novermber 2008 -- The German Ambassador to Sudan, Mr. Rainer Eberle, visited UNAMID Headquarters today, where he met with the Deputy Joint Special Representative (DJSR), Mr. Henry Anyidoho, who briefed him on the overall situation in Darfur. The DJSR expressed the mission’s appreciation to the…

4 November 2008 -- Yesterday, the Indonesian Formed Police Unit (FPU), accompanied by UN Police Advisors commenced its first confidence-building patrol to Abu Shouk and Al Salaam Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camps, in North Darfur. This is their first patrol since they arrived on 12 October…

4 November 2008 -- On 3 November, UNAMID Police undertook their 9th convoy from the UN Logistics Base in El Obeid to Darfur to bring much needed equipment and vehicles (including 39 vehicles, 7 trucks of contingent owned equipment (COE) and 3 trucks of humanitarian relief) to the mission area. The…

3 November 2008 -- On 29 and 30 October 2008, Sudanese media published statements made by the Deputy Secretary General of the National Air Companies Chamber, Mr. Omar Ali Abdul Majid, and the Head of the Chamber of Pilots, Mr. Seif El Dine Hassan, accusing the UN of trespassing the rights of the…

10 November 2008 -- On Sunday 9 November, at about 17:45 hrs, a patrol from UNAMID's Nigerian Protection Force Company stationed at the Geneina Super Camp, in West Darfur, was ambushed by a group of unknown men, armed with Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs) and AK-47 assault rifles, in the Super Camp…

Nyala, 12 November 2008 – The Egyptian Heavy Transport Company arrived in Nyala, South Darfur today to join the African Union–United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). The company, with a total strength of 155 personnel, consists of 16 officers and 139 soldiers. An additional seven…

El Fasher, 14 November 2008 -- Further to our announcement denying carrying out any Live Fire Exercises in Derwat Fashar, east of El Fasher, between 10 and 14 November 2008, the African Union –United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) would like to confirm that it had actually conducted…