News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

17 May 2011 - UNAMID verification teams attempting to reach populations in the Labado and Esheraya regions of South Darfur, the site of recent air strikes, were not allowed access today by Government forces due to security concerns, particularly as a result of armed movements operating in the areas…

17 May 2011 - Representatives from non-governmental organizations, UNAMID and UN agencies were today informed by the Sudan Government’s Humanitarian Aid Commission that the State of South Darfur would be immediately restricting all movement of humanitarian actors beyond a 15-kilometer radius of…

16 May 2011 - UNAMID confirms air strikes yesterday by Sudanese Forces on Labado and Esheraya, located 30km south of El Daein, in South Darfur. The numbers of casualties and possible displacements have not yet been determined; however, the Mission is planning to send a team to the location…

15 May 2011 - UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR), Ibrahim Gambari, met today in El Fasher a group of Darfuri lawyers to discuss on the Mission’s efforts in relation to promote Human Rights in the region. Communication and Public Information Division Media Contacts Kemal Saïki, Director; saiki…

15 May 2011 - UNAMID observed yesterday a serious humanitarian crisis in Otash internally displaced people (IDP) camp, near Nyala, South Darfur, resulting from an outbreak of measles, meningitis and diarrhoea. International NGOs with clinics in the camp are reportedly running out of drugs to attend…

15 May 2011 - New UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative (Political), Aïchatou Mindaoudou Souleymane, of Niger was appointed on 13 May by the Chairperson of the African Union, Jean Ping, and the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Having served most recently as Minister for Foreign…

15 May 2011 - More than 6,000 people attende d yesterday the graduation ceremony for 3,000 students of the Open Sudan University, orga nized w it h th e support of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur, and held in the packed al-Nagaa Stadium in El Fasher, North Darfur. UNAMID Joint…

12 May 2011 - The framework for the Darfur International Conference on Water for Sustainable Peace was introduced to donors in Khartoum yesterday at the Grand Holiday Villa Hotel by conference sponsors--the Sudan Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources, UNAMID, the UN Country Team, UNICEF, the UN…

12 May 2011 - Thousands of alumnae of the Open University of Sudan from all over Darfur today began a three-day graduation ceremony held at the al-Nagaa Stadium in El Fasher, North Darfur, sponsored by UNAMID. The first day began with a series of cultural exhibitions through which students from…

10 May 2011 - UNAMID confirms that on 6 May a female national staff member was detained by National Security personnel at her residence in Abu Shouk Internally Displaced Persons camp. The Mission is in contact with local and state authorities to determine the cause behind her detention…

10 May 2011 - More than 500 leaders from villages around Niertiti and Zalingei in West Darfur met today in Nila Beida market about 35 kilometers east of Zalingei town in a conference organized by recent university graduates. The meeting, the first of its kind, brought together representatives of…

09 May 2011 - An inter-agency assessment mission led by OCHA, with the participation of UNAMID, has recently visited Kalma internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, located near Nyala, South Darfur, to verify media reports on an alleged shortage of water, medicines and food. The mission found that…