News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Statement by UNAMID JSR on Arrival in Khartoum Khartoum – 22 Jan 2010 Thank you very much for this warm welcome. It’s been a little while since I’ve been in Sudan, because of my other responsibilities until now in the service of the United Nations. But I feel very much at home. The expectations are…

UNAMID PR / 001-2010 PRESS RELEASE Gambari takes up official duty as UNAMID chief El Fasher, 22 January 2010 – The new head of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Ibrahim Gambari, arrived today in Khartoum to assume his duties as Joint Special Representative (JSR) and Head…

PRESS RELEASE The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Jean Ping, welcomes the positive results arrived at by Chad and Sudan, following the meeting between delegations of the two countries, in Khartoum, Sudan, on 25 December 2009. These delegations were led by Foreign Minister…

COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION DIVISION UNAMID PR / 023-2009 PRESS RELEASE UNAMID lends its support to National School Competition El Fasher, 24 Dec 2009 – UNAMID, in collaboration with UNICEF, has extended its support to the people of North Darfur as they prepare to host the 21st National…

PRESS RELEASE UNAMID Peacekeepers Killed Distributing Water El Fasher, 06 December 2009 - At approximately 16.00hrs on Saturday 05 Dec 09, an UNAMID platoon distributing water outside a displaced persons camp near the settlement of Shangil Tobaya, located 65 kilometers south of El-Fasher, the…

PRESS RELEASE Three UNAMID Peacekeepers Killed and Two Seriously Injured in North Darfur El Fasher, 05 December 2009 - At about 1645 hrs on Friday 4 Dec 09, a UNAMID platoon of 20 Rwandan Peacekeepers on board three Land Cruiser pick-ups escorting one water tanker was attacked by a group of unknown…

INFORMATION NOTE UNAMID Strongly Rejects Accusations in a Sudan Tribune Report against its Peacekeepers El Fasher, 01 December 2009 : According to a Sudan Tribune (ST) news report published on 29 November 2009, “seven Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were killed Friday in West Darfur following a…

INFORMATION NOTE African Union, United Nations and Government of Sudan meet in Khartoum El Fasher, 17 November 2009: The Tripartite Mechanism for Darfur has held its seventh meeting in Khartoum. The Undersecretary of the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mutrif Siddiq, Commissioner for Peace…

STATEMENT TO THE MEDIA UNAMID calls on SLA/AW to desist from impeding the Mission’s work El Fasher, 8 November 2009: The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) calls on the Sudan Liberation Movement/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) to desist from impeding the work of UNAMID in Darfur. This call…

INFORMATION NOTE UNAMID Police attacked by gunmen – two seriously wounded El Fasher, 18 October 2009: On Saturday 17 October at about 1300 hours, unknown gunmen attacked a formed police unit (FPU) escort of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) wounding three policemen, two of them critically. The…

El Fasher, 29 August 2009: Two international civilian staff members – one man and one woman – of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were abducted at gunpoint by four or five armed men from their residence in Zalingei, West Darfur, about 400 kilometres from El Fasher, early…

El Fasher, 29 September 2009: The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) strongly condemns the attack on a convoy carrying UNAMID civilian and military personnel by six to eight armed men in El Geneina on the evening of Monday 28 September at around 1845 hours that caused the death…