News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha praised UNAMID efforts for its contribution to make a success his meeting today in Al Fasher with Minni Minawi, the Senior Assistant to the Sudanese President and Head of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority. Following a closed meeting between Taha and…

The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID will join other institutions and organizations tomorrow to mark this year’s International Day of Peace with a special ceremony to be held at the State Legislative Council Hall in El Fasher, North Darfur. 21 of September every year…

On 12 September 2008, General Martin Luther Agwai, Force Commander of the African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), leading one of the largest peacekeeping operations in the world, discussed the realities of the ongoing challenges and the activities of UNAMID in Western…

Like many women living in Darfur, Irba Ibrahim Abubakar has complained tirelessly of attacks and rapes against them while working outside. “We need to go outside to work so that we can take care of the orphans, the widows and the elderly, and sometimes we are also frightened to go out in the field.”…

After delays that threatened to set back the Darfur peace process in latter half of 2011, the first weeks of 2012 brought a rush of activity in support of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur, signed by the Government of Sudan and the Liberation and Justice Movement. A Darfurian from El Fasher…

Khartoum, 15 January 2012 – The head of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) established under the terms of a peace agreement to end conflict in the Sudanese region said implementation of the deal was firmly on track and the DRA will give priority to rolling out development projects that would…

With his index finger, he wrote his name on the sandy floor -- Habib Hamdoon Adam. Then he smiled and started waving his hands in expressive sign language. Habib, who lives in El Fasher, North Darfur, is one of hundreds of disabled members of the Sudanese Centre for Disabled Persons. Habib Hamdoon…

Kabkabiya, 28 March 2012 – The Head of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur, Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari, flew to Kabkabiya today and offered his condolences to the community for the loss of life which occurred yesterday. In his address to local leaders, he…

27 March 2012 - At least three civilians are dead following an altercation today in the vicinity of Kabkabiya, located approximately 130 kilometers west of El Fasher, North Darfur. The dispute, in the Bergi market area of the locality, allegedly broke out when the population confronted the Sudanese…

El Fasher, 29 March 2012 – Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari regrets statements attributed today to the North Darfur Government and other parties on recent events in Kabkabiya, alleging that UNAMID had a role in the deaths of civilians during a local dispute between the locality…

1 April 2012 - More than 600 students from El Fasher University in North Darfur celebrated their graduation today with the signing of a Pledge for Peace in a ceremony organized jointly by the institution and UNAMID. A student sings the pled ge during the event. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran The…

El Fasher, 7 April 2012 – Peacekeepers of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Darfur community on Saturday in El Fasher paid their tribute to the victims of Rwanda’s 100-day genocide that left an estimated 800,000 people dead in 1994. The tribute, tagged: “Learning…