News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNAMID PR / 011-2010 PRESS RELEASE UNAMID VERIFYING REPORTS OF CLASHES IN WEST DARFUR El Fasher, 02 March 2010 – The African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) takes very seriously the recent but as yet unconfirmed reports of fighting in the Jebel Marra area of West Darfur…

UNAMID PR / 010-2010 PRESS RELEASE Rwandan President receives UNAMID JSR El Fasher, 02 March 2010 – On 28 February, UNAMID’s Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari concluded a two-day visit to Kigali, Rwanda, where he hosted the first-ever Retreat between UNAMID and the Special Envoys of…

UNAMID PR / 009-2010 PRESS RELEASE UNAMID celebrates deployment of tactical helicopters El Fasher, 25 February 2010 – Standing on the new apron built at Nyala airport, South Darfur, for five Mi-35P tactical helicopters newly arrived in the Mission, UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim…

UNAMID PR / 008-2010 PRESS RELEASE UNAMID welcomes Government of the Sudan, JEM move toward peace El Fasher, 23 February 2010 – The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) welcomes the signing this evening of the Darfur Framework Agreement for the Resolution of the Conflict in…

UNAMID PR / 007-2010 PRESS RELEASE UNAMID peacekeepers ambushed outside IDP camp, seven injured El Fasher, 17 February 2010 – Seven Formed Police Unit (FPU) peacekeepers with the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were wounded yesterday in an ambush outside of Nyala, South…

UNAMID PR / 006-2010 PRESS RELEASE UNAMID calls for restraint in face of recent clashes in Darfur El Fasher, 16 February 2010 – The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) calls on all parties to exercise maximum restraint following recent hostilities in Jebel Marra, South Darfur…

UNAMID PR / 005-2010 PRESS RELEASE JSR Gambari meets negotiating teams in Doha Doha, 9 February 2010 – UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari continued his round of consultations with key stakeholders by meeting all the armed movements present in Doha. In this context, he held…

UNAMID INFO NOTE 6/02/2010 INFORMATION NOTE : JSR Gambari meets with Ethiopian Foreign Minister El Fasher, 6 January 2010 – UNAMID’S Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari met with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin on 4 February 2010. Mr. Gambari expressed his appreciation for the…

UNAMID PR / 004-2010 PRESS RELEASE UNAMID REJECTS ACCUSATIONS LEVELLED BY SUDANESE MILITARY El Fasher, 3 February 2010 – The African Union – United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) strongly rejects the accusations recently made by the spokesman of the Sudanese Armed Forces that the Mission is in…

DIVISION OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION AFRICAN UNION PRESS RELEASE N024/2010 A new flag for the African UnioN Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 31 January 2010- The African Union today unveiled its new flag at its 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government taking place in Addis…

UNAMID INFO NOTE 31/01/2010 INFORMATION NOTE JSR Gambari holds series of meetings in Addis Ababa Addis Ababa, 31 January 2010: Newly appointed Joint Special Representative (JSR) for UNAMID, Ibrahim Gambari, arrived recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the 14th Ordinary Session of the African…

UNAMID PR / 003-2010 PRESS RELEASE President Bashir pledges full support to UNAMID This afternoon, UNAMID JSR Ibrahim Gambari had an audience in Khartoum with President Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir, who assured him of the full support of the Government of Sudan, in his new assignment. Earlier in the…