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Khartoum , 28 May 2020 - The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) regrets to announce that two passengers aboard its special flight from the Mission’s logistics hub in El Fasher to Nairobi on 27 May 2020 turned out positive results for Corona Virus (COVID-19) when…

Zalingei, 1 June 2020- A UNAMID integrated team conducted a field protection patrols to Birka Siera and Bambala return villages near the Mission’s Team Site in Saraf Umra in north Darfur to deescalate the ongoing simmering inter-communal unrest in the area. During the assessment field Mission…

4 June 2020 UNAMID COVID-19 MEDIA UPDATE Situation Update : In line with the World Health Organization’s guidelines, UNAMID has taken series of measures to prevent and mitigate against COVID-19. As part of these measures, UNAMID recently placed fifty-two (52) of its personnel in quarantine at the…

11 June 2020 UNAMID COVID-19 MEDIA UPDATE Situation update : UNAMID continues to implement measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 11 June 2020, UNAMID has eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 among its mission personnel including two cases in Kenya and one national staff in Khartoum. On…

Khartoum, 11 June 2020 – The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) urges the different communities in South Darfur state to exercise restraint and maintain calm following today’s incident in Kalma Camp, to allow for police investigations into the killing of two people…

U N I T E D   N A T I O N S                                 N A T I O N S   U N I E S THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILY REMITTANCES 16 June 2020 On the International Day of Family Remittances, and in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we recognize the determination…

Following the killing incident at the Kalma Camp for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in south Darfur on 11 June and the probability of a revenge attack by aggrieved parties, UNAMID Joint Special Representative/Joint Chief Mediator (JSR/JCM), Jeremiah Mamabolo, on 14 June, engaged in a series…

18 June 2020 UNAMID COVID-19 MEDIA UPDATE Situation update : UNAMID continues to implement measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As at 17 June 2020, UNAMID has sixteen cases of COVID-19 among its mission personnel including two cases in Kenya and one national staff in Khartoum. A total of…

Zalingei, 22 June- More than one million residents from five Darfur states (north, south, east, central, west) are estimated to have directly benefitted from the recently concluded month-long Street Publicity Awareness Campaign (SPAC) on the fight against COVID-19 organized by UNAMID’s…

Khartoum- 24 June 2020- For the past few days, the people of Darfur have been subjected to a great deal of suffering and unwarranted displacement due to renewed eruption of fighting between two factions of the Sudan Liberation Army, Abdul Wahid Al-Nur Wing (SLA-AW) which resulted in killings, rape…

A High-Level Sudan Partnership Conference took place on Thursday gathering some 50 countries and international organizations together in Berlin, generating pledges to bolster the African nation’s economic and political transformation to the tune of $1.8 billion, and discuss the challenges that lie…

25 June 2020 UNAMID COVID-19 MEDIA UPDATE Situation update : As of 25 June 2020, UNAMID has 17 cases of COVID-19 among its mission personnel, including two cases in Kenya and one national staff in Khartoum. A total of 10 out of the 17 cases have fully recovered from the disease. In line with the…