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22 Sept 10 - Security situation update

22 September 2010 - UNAMID is currently actively monitoring an area near Gosdiga, 19 kilometres northwest of Kulbus, West Darfur, after locals reported to a Mission patrol team that unidentified armed men entered the mosque…
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21 Sept 10 - Security situation update

Two UNAMID national staff members in Muhajeria, in South Darfur were attacked and wounded by armed men yesterday at their residence and are currently being treated at the Mission’s clinic for non-life threatening wounds. A…
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20 Sept 10 - UNAMID JSR opens new Mission hospital

20 September 2010 - UNAMID Joint Special Representative Ibrahim Gambari today officially opened the newly-built Nigerian Level II hospital in El Geneina, West Darfur. The facility will be able to provide emergency medical…
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20 Sept 10 - Prisoners receive HIV/AIDs training in West Darfur

20 September 2010 - As part of a concentrated campaign to raise HIV/AIDS awareness, UNAMID yesterday held a seminar for over 150 prisoners in Zalingei Prison in West Darfur. The workshop provided information about the…
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19 Sept 10 - Darfur-wide dissemination of Doha outcomes begins

19 September 2010 - A series of in-depth seminars has begun today in all three Darfur states to disseminate the final communiqués of the Doha peace talks. The month-long programme aims at informing community leaders in towns…
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14 Sept 10 - UNAMID policewomen’s networking forum launches

14 September 2010 - “ Women bring another dimension to one of the UN’s most important tasks: policing,” said UNAMID Police Commissioner James Oppong-Boanuh at the launch of the Mission’s first policewomen’s networking forum…
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08 Sept 2010 Security situation update

The security situation in Tawilla area remains calm but unpredictable. On 7 September, a UNAMID on its way from El Fasher to Tarabat was stopped by a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) convoy and were informed by the commanding…
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08 Sept 10 - IDP leaders discuss outcome of Doha documents

Representatives of the Doha follow-up mechanism organized a workshop yesterday at Nyala University Peace Centre. Participants included leaders from 7 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in South Darfur. They discussed…
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06 Sept 10 Security situation update

The security situation remains tense following separate incidents over the weekend. A further three inhabitants of the Hamadiya internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Zalingei, West Darfur, have died as a result of…
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05 Sept 10 Security situation update

The security situation remains tense following separate incidents over the weekend. Shortly before midnight on 3 September, reports were received that a firefight broke out in the Hamadiya internally displaced persons (IDP)…
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