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El Fasher, 12 May 2014 – UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative (DJSR) Joseph Mutaboba travelled with Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) Chair Tijani Seisi on 12 May 2014 to Buram, South Darfur, to meet with members of the local community, hear their concerns, assess the security situation and…

On 12 May 2014, the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in collaboration with the West Darfur State Ministry of Education conducted a conference on the creation of a teachers’ network for peace, which brought together more than 300 teachers from different basic and secondary…

By Albert González Farran The situation in Darfur, as in many other conflict-affected regions of the world, has prompted a common question in media outlets, in peace talks and in universities here: Is peace a requisite of development or will development lead to peace? The answer to this question…

On 15 May 2014, the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in collaboration with University of Zalingei Peace and Development Studies Centre organized a debate entitled “Recent surge of Inter-tribal Conflict in Darfur: Identity or Economic?” in El Geneina, West Darfur. The event…

UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative Joseph Mutaboba (centre), accompanied by members of the Ardamata community, lays a brick to show support for the residents, who have recently built a youth centre as part of the Mission’s ongoing community-based, labour-intensive projects (CLIPs) programme…

On 19 May 2014, UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative Joseph Mutaboba greets women during the inauguration ceremony for a new women's centre in the locality of Masteri, West Darfur. The inauguration event drew several hundred members of the local community, who celebrated the occasion with…

On 18 May 2014, UNAMID, in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the National Federation of Sudanese Youth Union, hosted a workshop in Zalingei, Central Darfur, under the theme of “Darfur and Peace: Myths and Realities.” The event drew more than 60 participants from local…

On 20 May 2014, UNAMID hosted an outreach event in the El Sereif locality of North Darfur to promote a culture of peace and support local-level mediation efforts by fostering community reconciliation and solidarity. Thousands of El Sereif residents, many of whom were displaced from clashes that took…

On 20 May 2014, UNAMID Force Commander Lt. Gen. Paul Mella travelled to Khor Abeche, South Darfur, to assess the situation of the displaced Darfuris settling close to UNAMID’s base; following a 22 March displacement that led to approximately 3,000 people taking refuge inside UNAMID’s compound. To…

Brussels (Belgium), 23 May 2014 —African Union-United Nations Joint Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, visited Brussels on 20-21 May where he met with European Union (EU) officials and asked them not to forget the Darfur crisis. In a lecture delivered at Friedrich-Ebert…

El Fasher, 24 May 2014 — An African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur peacekeeper was killed and three others were injured on the morning of 24 May in Kabkabiya, North Darfur, while attending a mediation meeting between two disputing tribes. Following altercations between Fur people from Al…

Geneva (Switzerland), 25 May 2014 —African Union-United Nations Joint Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur and Chief mediator, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, concluded a two-day visit to Geneva on 23 May, where he held several meetings at the United Nations Office and met with the High Commissioner for…