UNAMID rejects allegations of non-payment of financial dues to former staff
UNAMID rejects recent media reports suggesting that the Mission has deliberately not paid on time financial dues owed to former staff members affected by the ongoing streamlining process. In meetings between UNAMID’s Human Resources Section and concerned staff members, prior to their separation from…
Secretary-General appoints Jeremiah Nyamane Kingsley Mamabolo of South Africa as Deputy Joint Special Representative for UNAMID
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma announced today the appointment of Jeremiah Nyamane Kingsley Mamabolo of South Africa as Deputy Joint Special Representative for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur…
UNAMID Sector West Police Concludes Training on Explosive Remnants of War
On 25 February 2016, UNAMID Sector West Police Component in collaboration with the Ordnance Disposal Office have concluded a five -day training programme on explosive remnants of war (EWR) that brought together 21 Sudanese police officers in El Geneina, West Darfur. The event, took place at the…
UNAMID Hands over a Community Centre in Otash IDPs Camp
On 25 Feb 2016, UNAMID Sector South inaugurated a Community Development Centre for women in Otash camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), about 15 km, north Nyala Town, South Darfur. The project was funded by UNAMID Civil Affairs Section through its Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) programme and…
United Nations-African Union Press Statement on Darfur
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, express deep concern about the upsurge in fighting between the Government of Sudan forces and the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid, in the Jebel Marra area of…
‘We must not allow protectors to become predators’ – UN field support chief
With 99 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse uncovered by the United Nations in 2015 – 69 of these in countries where peacekeeping operations are deployed – the Organization is today presenting its latest report on special measures to protect people from these crimes. Last December…
Hundreds Participate in Annual Debate on Girls' Education in West Darfur
On 2 March 2016, UNAMID’s Communications and Public Information Section, in partnership with the Mission’s Gender Advisory Unit and the Ministry of Education, West Darfur state, organized the annual debate under the theme: “Girl Child Education- Dictated by Culture or Poverty?” The event, held in El…
A Library of Peace in Darfur
By Zurab Elzarov In March 2016, a library rehabilitation project in El Fasher, North Darfur, implemented through UNAMID’s Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) programme was shortlisted by the London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2016 for the Education Initiatives Award. The El Fasher Cultural…
Joint statement by the Spokespeople for the UN Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Darfur
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, condemn Wednesday's attack on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) by an unknown armed group, in which one South African peacekeeper…
UNAMID’s Joint Special Representative visits Korma camp for the displaced, North Darfur
On 10 March 2016, UNAMID’s Joint Special Representative (JSR) and Joint Chief Mediator (JCM), Martin Uhomoibhi, conducted his first field visit to the Korma camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), North Darfur, to attend the culmination of week-long peace activities organized by the Mission’s…
Security Council Press Statement on attack on UNAMID Peacekeepers, Darfur
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) peacekeepers while accompanying a humanitarian convoy travelling from Kutum to Djarido, North Darfur, by a group of unidentified armed men on 9 March…
Unamid Rule Of Law Trains Local Prison Officers On Human Rights And Prison Duties
From 21 February to 10 March 2016, UNAMID Rule of Law, Prisons Advisory Unit Sector North, in collaboration with the State Prisons Administration, North Darfur, conducted a three week training programme on human rights and prison duties for 50 newly recruited Prisons Officers at the Bar Association…