UN peacekeeping medals awarded to UNAMID forces in North Darfur
29 October 2008 – The AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) today awarded UN Peacekeeping medals to its Force Headquarters staff officers and contingents deployed in El Fasher, in acknowledgement of their contributions to…
UNAMID Police Advisers conduct Mine Awareness Campaign
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…
UNAMID denies plans for live-fire exercises in North Darfur
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…
DJSR Anyidoho welcomes African Union fact-finding team to Darfur
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…
UNAMID bids farewell to peacekeeper killed in action
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…
UNAMID bids farewell to peacekeeper killed in action
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…
Deputy JSR Anyidoho hosts German ambassador at UNAMID HQ
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…
Indonesian FPU conducts first confidence-building patrol
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…
UNAMID Police Advisors undertake 9th convoy
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…
UNAMID on media reports about the use of national air companies
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…
UNAMID peacekeepers ambushed near Geneina, West Darfur
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…
UNAMID welcomes arrival of Egyptian heavy transport company in South Darfur
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…