UNAMID welcomes the arrival of the main body of the Egyptian infantry battalion
El Fasher, 13 November 200 -- A new batch of the Egyptian Infantry Battalion consisting of 164 personnel arrived in El Fasher today. More personnel of the same battalion comprising of 326 are expected to arrive on 14 and 15 November 2008. The new batch will be deployed in Umm Kadada, North Darfur…
UNAMID welcomes the announcement of an immediate cease-fire in Darfur
12 November 2008 --The African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, UNAMID, welcomes the announcement of an immediate ceasefire in Darfur made today by Sudan President Omar Hassan El Bashir at the closing session of the Sudan People’s Forum. This ceasefire could signal the start of a…
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes ceasefire declaration
12 November 2008 -- The Secretary-General welcomes President Omar al-Bashir’s declaration of an immediate ceasefire between the Government of Sudan and the armed movements in Darfur as well as the intention by the Government of Sudan to disarm all the militias. The Secretary-General stresses that…
Statement by the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General on the request of the ICC Prosecutor
20 November 2008 -- The Secretary-General takes note of the request made by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for the issuance of arrest warrants against commanders of rebel groups in Darfur with respect to the war crimes committed on 29 September 2007 at the Haskanita base of the…
Secretary-General comments on recent reports of increased military activity in Darfur
19 November 2008 -- During the past few days, the United Nations has received troubling reports of aerial bombings near Kutum in Northern Darfur, as well as reports of fighting in the area of Tine, Western Darfur and along the border with Chad.The Secretary-General takes these reports very seriously…
UNAMID DJSR addresses Bangladesh formed police unit medal parade
Nyala, 18 November 2008 -- UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative (DJSR), Mr. Henry Anyidoho, and other senior officials, paid an official visit to Nyala, Sector South, to present service medals to the members of UNAMID Bangladesh Formed Police Unit (FPU, during a medal parade ceremony, held at…
UN Under-Secretary-General Holmes continues tour of Darfur
26 November 2008 -- After Nyala and El Fasher yesterday, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs & Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. John Holmes, has today visited the Darfur towns of Geneina and Zalingei as the final leg of his Darfur tour. Mr. Holmes has been assessing the…
UNAMID Formed Police Units start night security patrols in El Fasher
26 November 2008 -- Starting tonight, UNAMID will have a Quick Response Team (QRT) from the Indonesian Formed Police Unit 1 (IND-FPU-1) accompanied by UN Police Monitors, conducting night security/visibility patrols (mobile security services) in El-Fasher.This has come about due to concerns over the…
UN Under-Secretary-General Holmes visits Darfur
25 November 2008 -- John Holmes, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, began a six day visit to Sudan today by going to one of the largest camps housing internally displaced persons in Darfur. At the Kalma camp in Nyala, home to 88,000 IDPs in South…
Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit completes rotation
24 November 2008 -- A second 70-strong team of the Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU1) that is replacing the current Bangladeshi FPU as part of the normal rotation process, arrived today in Nyala from Dhaka onboard a UN-chartered aircraft. The other half of the team arrived in Nyala yesterday. The…
Nigerian and Senegalese soldiers awarded peacekeeping medals
24 November 2008 -- Henry Anyidoho, UNAMID Principal Deputy Joint Special Representative (PDJSR) has today presided over the Medal Presentation Parade held at Sector West Headquarters in El Geneina, West Darfur. The Medals were presented to 679 peacekeepers from the 5th Nigerian Battalion (NIBATT V)…
Rotation of Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit underway
23 November 2008 -- A 70-strong advance party of the Bangladeshi Formed police Unit (FPU1) that will replace the current FPU as part of the normal rotation process, has arrived in Nyala from Dhaka onboard a UN-chartered aircraft. The 140-officer BANFPU1, the first Bangladeshi FPU deployed to Darfur…