News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

04 January 2011 - UNAMID is verifying reports of inter-tribal violence between the Misseriya and Rizeigat communities in Treij village, 22 km south of Zalingei in West Darfur. Meanwhile, the security situation in all areas affected by fighting in December 2010 between the government and rebel…

04 January 2011 - With the referendum on South Sudan less than a week away, the South Sudan Referendum Commission, in cooperation with UNAMID and UNMIS, is concluding a series of training seminars for staff at the 20 polling centers in the three Darfur states. Staff members reviewed the details of…

03 January 2011 - The security situation is reported to be calm in areas in North and South Darfur that have seen mass displacement in the past weeks following clashes between government troops and rebel movements. UNAMID Force Commander Lt Gen Patrick Nyamvumba yesterday made a field assessment…

30 December 2010 - Humanitarian teams today reached Shangil Tobaya in North Darfur by air and road, delivering food, essential medical supplies and non-food items to five thousand internally displaced persons (IDPs) sheltered outside the UNAMID team site. The distribution of aid in Khor Abeche in…

29 December 2010 - Aid continues to flow into makeshift camps outside UNAMID team sites in North and South Darfur, where thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have sought refuge from recent clashes. However distribution to Shangil Tobaya in North Darfur has been momentarily suspended…

28 December 2010 - With restrictions lifted on all air and road movement to areas of recent fighting in North and South Darfur, UNAMID and aid agencies are providing food, water, and other necessary supplies to the thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) sheltered outside the Mission’s team…

27 December 2010 - UNAMID today delivered 19 tons of food to the estimated 10,000 displaced persons sheltered outside its team site in Khor Abeche, after restrictions on movement were lifted at all sites of recent clashes in North and South Darfur. Similar missions to Shangil Tobaya and Shaeria by…

26 December 2010 - The security situation in North and South Darfur remains tense following recent clashes between government forces and armed movements. UNAMID has not received reports of fighting today. Displaced people in areas where there were clashes recently are still sheltered around various…

24 December 2010 - The number of displaced persons shelting outside three UNAMID team sites in South Darfur after the recent outbreak of fighting last week has been revised after consultations with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UNAMID’s Humanitarian Liaison…

23 December 2010 - Following outbreak of fighting last week, UNAMID continues to provide protection to the increasing number of displaced persons seeking refuge outside the Mission’s team sites in Khor Abeche, Shangil Tobaya and Shearia. The Mission is currently in discussions with aid groups and…

22 December 2010 - The University of El Fasher’s Center for Peace, Development Studies and Human Rights, in cooperation with UNAMID Political Affairs, held a one-day workshop in El Fasher, North Darfur, to promote an exchange of ideas on the South Sudan referendum and its outcomes by academics…

22 December 2010 - UNAMID peacekeepers continue to provide protection, as well as water and limited medical assistance to displaced persons who have been sheltering outside the Mission’s team sites in Khor Abeche and Shangil Tobaya, South Darfur, the recent outbreak of fighting. There are now over…