News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

18 August 2010 - A UNAMID mission is planned to several villages outside Kass, South Darfur, following clashes between the Rizeigat and Misseriya tribes on 16 August, in which at least 25 have been reportedly killed. Aid groups have today been allowed into Kalma Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)…

17 August 2010 - Humanitarian groups were allowed access yesterday to Kalma Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, following more than two weeks of being denied. Urgently needed medicine and fuel has been rushed to the camp, the latter to power water pumps. UN representatives continue to mediate…

16 August 2010 - An investigation is still under way into the abduction of the two police advisors who serve with the joint UN-AU peacekeeping force (UNAMID), which was set up to protect civilians and quell the violence in Darfur, where nearly seven years of fighting has killed at least 300,000…

16 August 2010 - Responding to the increase in incidence of kidnappings and carjackings in Nyala, South Darfur, targeting the international community in particular, UNAMID and the local government have agreed to work together to construct a security trench which will span the town’s perimeter…

16 August 2010 - The situation in Kalma Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in South Darfur remains tense. Intensified patrols by UNAMID forces have led to a significant decrease in cases of gunfire overnight. UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative Mohamed Yonis, Force Commander Patrick…

15 August 2010 - The security situation in Kalma Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in South Darfur remains unpredictable, with sporadic shooting over the weekend. UNAMID troops continue to patrol the area, 24 hours a day. The majority of IDPs who sought shelter near UNAMID’s local Community…

11 August 2010 – A camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur that has been the scene of recent tensions remains on edge and insecure, with reports of gunfire overnight, the United Nations said today. The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) added that the Joint UN-African Union…

11 August 2010 - A UNAMID team which visited Kalma IDP camp yesterday has reported that large regions of the settlement appeared deserted, the inhabitants having left for either the nearby UNAMID Community Policing Center, Nyala or one of the surrounding villages. An inter-agency mission carried out…

09 August 2010 - Heavy rainfall has affected more than 700 families in Zam Zam IDP camp, located on the outskirts of El Fasher, North Darfur. Many households have lost property and food stocks to the flooding, and collapsed latrines pose significant health risks. A UN interagency team is currently…

UNAMID forces continue to conduct intensified patrols in Kalma Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in South Darfur, where the situation remains tense following violence over the weekend. Sporadic shooting was heard yesterday evening. Aid groups still await permission to enter the camp. Many of…

05 August 2010 - Sixty community leaders from the Ottash IDP camp, located on the outskirts of Nyala in South Darfur, yesterday concluded a three-day workshop organized by UNAMID Police and the State’s Drug Control Committee on drug and alcohol abuse. The workshop was part of a series of…

04 August 2010 - WFP and UNAMID representatives met this morning in El Fasher, North Darfur, to finalize plans for the Mission to provide security escorts during the rainy season for WFP trucks transporting food to impoverished beneficiaries throughout Darfur. The WFP representatives voiced…