News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

21 June 2011 - UNAMID launched a four-day training workshop yesterday for members of the West Darfur Compensations Commission in El Geneina. The capacity-building training covered such issues as national laws and regulations on compensation relating to the Darfur conflict, precedents in other…

20 June 2011 - Residents of the village of Ararri, 45 km north of El Fasher in North Darfur, yesterday celebrated the reopening of their school, completed as part of a project supported by UNAMID’s disarmament programme. Since conducting a disarmament mission in the region in 2009 in collaboration…

19 June 2011 - UNAMID confirms fighting over the weekend between unknown armed men and the Sudanese Armed Forces in Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur. Close to 1,000 civilians sought shelter with UNAMID’s nearby team site. With the Mission's peacekeepers continuing to patrol the area, nearly all have now…

15 June 2011 - UNAMID is currently providing emergency shelters to more than thirty people in Khor Abeche internally displaced persons (IDP) camp after a fire broke out on 11 June, leading to the death of a five-year-old child. Peacekeepers yesterday repaired one of the tents, which sustained damage…

15 June 2011 - South Darfur authorities have officially lifted restriction on the movement of aid workers in the state. UNAMID is currently providing escorts for several humanitarian convoys from Nyala to Kass, El Dain and Khor Abeche. Restrictions on operations of all humanitarian actors in the…

14 June 2011 - UNAMID today delivered 10,000 liters of water to the community of El Sereif, a remote desert village located 45 km north of El Fasher in North Darfur, to aid the construction of several much-needed water pumps. This project is the latest in UNAMID’s ongoing collaboration with the…

13 June 2011 - A team from UNAMID is currently conducting a mission to Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur, and the nearby village of Abu Zereiga to investigate reported escalation of tensions and resulting civilian casualties there. Communication and Public Information Division Media Contacts Kemal Saïki…

09 June 2011 - UNAMID is working closely with leaders in Hassa Hissa Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, near Zalingei in West Darfur, as well as the locality commissioner and other state officials, to help diffuse existing tensions and assist with reconciliation among the IDPs. Communication…

07 June 2011 - Today marked the completion of a disarmament campaign in Nyala, South Darfur, where more than 1,100 ex-fighters laid down arms and began the process of return to civilian life. The former combatants were members of both Sudanese Armed Forces and those rebel groups who had signed…

05 June 2011 - The third visit to Darfur of the UN Independent Expert on the situation of Human Rights in the Sudan, Justice Mohamed Chande Othman, will focus on progress made in the protection of human rights in Darfur, issues of concern relating to the exercise of civil and political rights and…

01 June 2011 - In preparation for the Darfur International Conference on Water for Sustainable Peace, set to take place in Khartoum from 27 to 28 June, 2011, a briefing for donors and media was held yesterday at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. UNAMID Deputy Joint Special…

28 May 2011 - Several humanitarian organizations were able to access Kalma internally displaced persons (IDP) camp yesterday and to provide assistance to the population. The entrance to the camp, situated on the outskirts of Nyala, had been restricted since 17 May when the Sudanese Government…