News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The Joint Special Representative of African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, paid a visit on 24 August to the Mission’s team sites in Um Baru and Tine, North Darfur, where he inspected the Senegalese peacekeepers newly deployed in the area. During the trip…

On 27 August 2014, Mr. Mohamed Awad, Commissioner of the Um Dukhun locality, Central Darfur, visited UNAMID headquarters in Zalingei and met with Mr. Enos Chuma, Acting Head of Office(HoO). The visit was targeted at discussing issues related to developmental projects in Um Dukhun.In the course of…

On 28 August 2014, following a recent rift between the Reizegat and Ma’alia tribes, tribal leaders of South, East and Central Darfur met with UNAMID Sector East Head of Office (HoO), Mr. Landing Badjie, and representatives of the Civil Affairs and Public Information sections in El Daein, East Darfur…

El -Fasher, 05 September 2014 - The African Union -United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Force Commander, Lt. General Paul Mella, attended Final Security Arrangements Exercise for JEM-Sudan Combatants which took place in Gadeed Alsail in El-Fasher, North Darfur. The JEM –Sudan Combatants were…

El Fasher, 08 September 2014 – On 4 September, The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), received information that a Government of Sudan police team had entered Kalma camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in South Darfur and drove down a road separating some of the camp's…

On 4 September 2014, UNAMID Force Commander, Lt. General Paul Ignace Mella, met with community leaders in El Serief and Kabkabiya localities, North Darfur to discuss security issues. During the ensuing discussions, Lt. General Mella reaffirmed the Mission’s commitment toward fulfilling its mandate…

Doha, 10 September 2014 - The AU-UN Joint Special Representative/Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas held consultations in Doha, on 9 September, with both His Excellency Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, the Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Qatar and Minister of State for the…

Khartoum, 13 September 2014 - The AU-UN Joint Special Representative/Joint Chief Mediator (JSR/JCM) for Darfur Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas held a number of meetings with key Government Of Sudan officials in Khartoum to discuss Modalities of support to the National Dialogue. On 11 September 2014, the JSR…

Addis Ababa, 13 September 2014 - The AU-UN Joint Special Representative/Joint Chief Mediator (JSR/JCM) for Darfur, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, briefed the African Union Peace and Security Council on Darfur in Addis Ababa, on 12 September 2014. In his Speech to the Council, the JSR/JCM set out the…

15 September 2014 - It gives me a great pleasure to welcome you to this press conference today. This is my first press conference since I joined the mission earlier this year. We however met briefly a couple of times before during UNAMID events, including during the Press conference our head of…

About 150 youth from El Fasher Technical School graduated on 15 September 2014 from a three-month training programme in which they acquired vocational skills in nine different professional specializations including auto mechanics, general electric, building, packaging, welding, sewing, IT and food…

As part of ongoing efforts to diffuse tension between the Maalia and Reizeigat, UNAMID, World Food Programme, UNICEF and OCHA conducted an assessment visit to Adila locality in East Darfur on 16 September 2014 to assess the security situation. This is the first time that such a mission has been…