News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

14 July 2010 - Yesterday, the Al Salam Peace defeated the Zamzam Tigers by a score of 3 to 0 in the first match of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) youth football tournament in El Fasher, North Darfur. The players had to endure strong winds, dust and eventually a rainstorm, throughout the…

14 July 2010 - Meeting yesterday in El Geneina, West Darfur, with representatives of the humanitarian community, Government officials restated their commitment to protecting aid workers operating in the troubled region. Sudanese Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Mr. Joseph Lual Achnil joined the…

13 July 2010 - As a heavy “haboub” or sandstorm blew over El Fasher and its Stadium, two youth football teams from Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps, the Zamzam Tigers and Al Salam Peace, merely narrowed their eyes, hunched their shoulders and waited intently for the whistle announcing the…

13 July 2010 - UNAMID’s Civil Affairs component yesterday met with representatives of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) in El Geneina, West Darfur, to discuss a joint venture aimed at promoting the peace agreement signed by Rizeigat and Misseriya tribes on 28 June, which put an end…

13 July 2010 - After an assessment visit to the Kheir Khanaga Women’s Prison in El Fasher, North Darfur, UNAMID and UNHCR have provided equipment for temporary shelters to help alleviate overcrowding. The prison houses nearly 90 female inmates, a number of whom are accompanied by their children…

12 July 2010 - In a ceremony held at the UNAMID’s headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur, nearly four hundred Jordanian police peacekeepers today received medals in recognition of their service in the region. The 103 police advisors and 280 officers of Jordanian Formed Police Unit I were honored…

11 July 2010 - After assessing security reports for the past month, UNAMID estimates the number of fatalities due to armed conflict and criminality in Darfur in June to be at 221. The majority of these deaths, nearly 140, are believed to be due to inter-tribal fighting between the Rizeigat and…

11 July 2010 - UNAMID’s Communications and Public Information Division today presented leaders from three Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps near El Fasher, North Darfur, with equipment and jerseys to outfit six teams competing in an inter-community youth football tournament . The ceremony was…

6 June 2010 - The Joint AU-UN Special Representative (JSR) of the Joint African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Professor Ibrahim Gambari, held his first official Press Conference at the Rotana Hotel in Khartoum today, Tuesday 06 July 2010 The UNAMID JSR briefed the press about…

1 June 2010 - UNAMID today convened a preparatory workshop on women’s issues at El Fasher University, North Darfur. The event brought together women from civil society organizations from 16 localities. The forum presented an overview of and discussion on United Nations Security Council Resolution…

2 June 2010 - The AU-UN Joint Chief Mediator, Mr. Djibril Yipènè Bassolé, today visited the Headquarters of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). During his visit, he met with Joint Special Representative (JSR), Professor Ibrahim Gambari. They discussed ways and means to…

3 June 2010 - UNAMID Joint Special Representative, Professor Ibrahim Gambari today visited Zalingei, West Darfur. During the visit, JSR Gambari met UNAMID officials and personnel working in the area and was briefed on the security situation in the region as well as achievements made and challenges…