News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

16 September 2011 - UNAMID Joint Special Representation (JSR) and Joint Chief Mediator a.i Ibrahim Gambari has briefed members of the Kenyan media in Nairobi on latest developments in the Darfur peace process following the signing of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD). JSR Gambari was in…

15 September 2011 -- On 14 September, a UNAMID patrol team accompanied by a Level I Clinic group visited Al Riyad IDP camp located about 10 kilometers south west of El Geneina in West Darfur. The team conducted medical consultation and dispensed treatment to more than 70 persons including women and…

14 September 2011 -- The Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration in collaboration with West Darfur DDR Commission, UNICEF with the support of UNAMID launched on 13 September a demobilization campaign in El Geneina, West Darfur, where approximately 350 minor ex-combatants are expected to…

13 September 2011 - The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today presented 25 vehicles to the local police anti-car-theft unit. The presentation was attended by UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Force Commander, Lt. Gen Patrick Nyamvumba…

8 September 2011 - The second meeting of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) was held today in El Fasher, North Darfur, chaired by UNAMID’s Force Commander, Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba, and included senior representatives of the Government of the Sudan and the Liberation and Justice Movement…

6 September 2011 - Two children were killed and three others sustained serious injuries in Al Tawisha, approximately 190 km south east of El Fasher, North Darfur, while playing with unexploded ordinance (UXO) on 31 August. The injured children -one of them has lost a hand and an eye- were admitted…

More than 600 households have been affected by floods, including 7 schools which were partially destroyed and most of the latrines have been completely washed away in a North Darfur town. UNAMID participated in an interagency assessment mission to Dar al Salaam, located about 60 kilometers south of…

Newly appointed Director of the Office of the US Special Envoy to Sudan, Mr. Larry Andre conducted a one- day visit to El Fasher, North Darfur. Mr. Andre paid a courtesy call to UNAMID senior officials who briefed him on the current political and security situation in relation to Darfur, UNAMID…

25 August 2011 - UNAMID has begun an airlift of vaccines for a three-month campaign to protect livestock herds in Darfur. The first batch of vaccines airlifted by UNAMID arrived on Wednesday and was handed over to officials of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Ministry of Animal…

24 August 2011 - The Sudanese Government’s Security Arrangement Committee paid a courtesy call on UNAMID in Nyala, South Darfur, as it prepares for the dissemination of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD). Led by Police Lt. Gen. Altahir Almajzoub Altahir, the delegation briefed the Mission…

24 August 2011 - UNAMID has dispatched a patrol team to the Hamadiya camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in West Darfur following the killing of a Sheikh (local leader). The sheikh was reportedly killed on August 20 in circumstances that are still unclear. A UNAMID patrol team was…

A seven-day medical campaign organized by UNAMID forces was concluded yesterday in North Darfur after treating more than 2,000 people including women and children. The operation was part of efforts to address the needs of local population, provide them with medical assistance and strengthen…