UNAMID peacekeepers help clean El Daein streets
On 6 April 2014, as part of its ongoing effort to support local communities across Darfur, UNAMID collaborated with Women for Peace in Sudan (WPS), a local NGO, to conduct a street-cleaning campaign in El Daein. Members of the community, including Sudanese police officers, participated in the day…
Rwandan Peacekeepers Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of 1994 Genocide
On 7 April 2014, Rwandans serving in the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) commemorated the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, during which thousands of innocent people were brutally killed.The event took place in the Rwandan 41 Battalion at the UNAMID…
7 Apr 14 - UNAMID protects newly displaced in North and South Darfur
El Fasher, 7 April 2014 - The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is protecting newly internally displaced persons (IDPs) who gathered near the Mission’s base in Mellit, North Darfur, and is assisting the humanitarian community in delivering aid to them. Since 1 April 2014, more…
UN Radio Interview with UNAMID Joint Special Representative
The following is an interview conducted by UN Radio with Mr. Mohamad Ibn Chambas, the Joint Special Representative of the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The interview took place in April 2014 at UN headquarters in New York. UN Radio: We’ll start the interview by asking…
Radio Show Produced by Darfuri Children Officially Launches
On 15 April 2014 in El Fasher, North Darfur, UNAMID, in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs, officially launched Voices of Children, the first Darfuri radio programme made by children, for children. The programme, produced by six children from El Fasher and the Zam Zam and Abu Shouk…
UNAMID peacekeepers provide medical support to displaced community
As part of ongoing work to assist the local communities across Darfur, UNAMID peacekeepers from Nigeria provided medical care for more than 100 people from the Neem IDP camp in El Daein, East Darfur on 14 April.The displaced persons were treated for various illnesses, including malaria, meningitis…
UNAMID Organizes Workshop on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
On 16 April 2014, UNAMID’s Conduct and Discipline Unit (CDU) organised a workshop on sexual exploitation and abuse at the University of El Fasher in El Fasher, North Darfur. The workshop was attended by more than 200 participants, mostly students and lawyers.The day-long event aimed at raising…
UNAMID's Prisons Advisory Unit Conducts Training-of-Trainers
On 21 April 2014, UNAMID’s Rule of Law-Prisons Advisory Unit, in collaboration with the state Prisons Administration, organised a graduation ceremony for 65 newly recruited prisons personnel who participated in a month-long training programme on human rights and prisons duties. The occasion also…
Implementation Follow-Up Commission of the Doha Document discusses progress and challenges
El Fasher, 29 April 2014 – The eighth meeting of the Implementation and Follow-up Commission (IFC) of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) was held on 28 April in El Fasher, North Darfur.The commission discussed the progress made and the challenges faced since its last meeting which was held…
UNAMID DDR launches a secondary school project in Graida, South Darfur
On 24 April 2014, UNAMID’s Sector South Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Section, in collaboration with a local NGO Jebel Mara Charity Organization for Rural Development (JMCO), officially launched the construction of a secondary school project in Graida, South Darfur. The…
UNAMID peacekeeper released in South Darfur today
1 May 2014 - A UNAMID peacekeeper, Sergeant Awesu Soleiman, who had been abducted in Nyala, South Darfur, on 9 March 2014, was freed today in Nyala after 54 days in captivity.The African Union – United Nations Joint Special Representative for Darfur, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, expressed the Mission’s…
UNAMID Head inaugurates rural courthouse, meets community leaders
On 1 May 2014, UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Mohamed Ibn Chambas visited the Malha and Mellit localities in North Darfur to inaugurate a new rural courthouse in Malha and meet with community leaders in Mellit.In Malha, UNAMID’s Rule of Law Section had partnered with Jibal Midoub…