News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

28 May 2011 - Talks were briefly delayed today at the All Darfur Stakeholders Conference in Doha, Qatar, after representatives of displaced persons and the civil society initially refused to participate. The refusal was brought on by delays in the arrival of a number of their delegations' leaders…

26 May 2011 - The humanitarian initiative to deliver assistance to remote areas throughout North Darfur, dubbed Operation Spring Basket, reached the villages of Tine and Kaguro. The mission, lead by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and UNAMID, today visited Tine to assess the…

26 May 2011 - UNAMID and UN Agencies are working to provide necessary assistance, following heavy rains on 23 May, to 64 households of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Khor Abeche. The IDPs have been sheltered outside UNAMID’s Team Site since December 2010. Communication and Public Information…

24 May 2011 - UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari, accompanied by senior Mission officials, met today in Nyala with the Wali (Governor) of South Darfur Abdulhameed Musa Kasha. The visit served as a follow-up to a meeting held in Khartoum last week in which the arrest of UNAMID…

22 May 2011 - A UNAMID patrol has confirmed air strikes on 18 May in the North Darfur villages of Um Rayi and Hashaba, 72 km and 62 km northeast of Kutum respectively. According to residents, the attacks resulted in more than ten deaths. The Mission also reports that on 18 May, Government planes…

22 May 2011 - Security, humanitarian and political developments, and support to the peace negotiations in Doha were at the core of UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari’s briefing to the United Nations Security Council today in Khartoum. The JSR, accompanied by the Force…

22 May 2011 - More than 1,000 ex-combatants will prepare to hand over their weapons during a disarmament campaign which launched today in Nyala, South Darfur. The event is organized by the North Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Committee, with logistical and technical…

19 May 2011 - In a meeting today with UNAMID staff, Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari has again called upon the Sudanese Government to release two national staff members who were arrested in recent weeks. He called for the “immediate and unconditional release” of the civilian…

19 May 2011 - A UNAMID team in Kuma, North Darfur, yesterday met with the town’s residents about the aftermath of an air strike carried out by Government forces in nearby Sukamir village. No casualties were reported. However the team was prevented from marking the sites of two UXOs (unexploded…

19 May 2011 - UNAMID JSR Ibrahim Gambari and the Government of Sudan Police Commissioner for North Darfur, Omar al-Amin, inaugurated today a Joint Security Operation Center in El Fasher, North Darfur. The initiative will harmonize efforts to bring about a safer environment for the population of El…

19 May 2011 - A team of aid workers today embarked on a field mission to Kuma Garadayat, located northwest of El Fasher in North Darfur, in the most recent stage of a humanitarian initiative led by the UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs and UNAMID. In addition to conferring with…

18 May 2011 - UNAMID peacekeepers based in Kuma, located approximately 100 kilometers northeast of El Fasher, North Darfur, are currently en route to the nearby village of Sukamir, where an air strike by Government forces was reported yesterday afternoon. The team will attempt to collect information…