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Volunteers, trained by UNAMID’s Governance and Community Stabilization Section in partnership with the Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO) conduct awareness raising campaigns against Corona Virus (COVID-19) amongst internally displaced persons in Zalingei, Central Darfur. These efforts are part of the Mission’s overall response to support the host community in combating the spread of COVID-19. UNAMID Photo.

UNAMID’s Communications and Public Information Section (CPIS) in collaboration with the South Darfur State Ministry of Health, launched a street publicity awareness campaign against COVID-19 in camps for internally displaces persons and Nyala town in South Darfur. The initiative is part of the Mission’s overall response to support the host community in combating the spread of COVID-19. Photo by Maryam Ali Eisa.

UNAMID reports 7 suspected COVID-19 cases at its Logistics Base

Zalingei , 22 May 2020 - The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) wishes to inform about seven (7) suspected cases of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) reported amongst its personnel operating at the its Logistics Base in El F

22 May 2020

Message from the Head of UNAMID on Eid al-Fitr

Khartoum, 23 May 2020 – On behalf of the African Union – United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), I would like to extend greetings and best wishes to the people of Sudan on Eid al-Fitr.

23 May 2020

UNAMID peacekeepers from Nepal operating in Tawilla team site in North Darfur conduct yoga exercise. These daily exercises are aimed at managing stress and anxiety during this COVID-19 pandemic and to keep them physically and mentally fit to fulfill their responsibilities and implement the Mission’s mandated tasks amid COVID-19.UNAMID photo.

UNAMID’s Communications and Public Information Section (CPIS), in collaboration with the west Darfur State Ministry of Health, launched a street publicity awareness campaign against COVID-19, in internally displaced persons camps and El-Genina town in West Darfur. Similar campaigns have just been completed in north, south and central Darfur. The initiative is part of the Mission’s overall response to support the host community in combating the spread of COVID-19.

UNAMID reports 2 COVID-19 cases on its outbound flight to Nairobi

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

28 May 2020

Fifteen participants, mostly female, drawn from Camps for internally displaced persons in El- Genina, West Darfur, attended a workshop focused on production of masks amid COVID-19, from 18 to 24 May. Participants were also briefed on strengthening women's resilience, mitigation capacities and the fight against gender-based violence. The Workshop was organized by the UN State Liaison Functions in West Darfur in conjunction with UNFPA and the State Ministry of Health and Social Development. Photo by Jalaleldin Abdelrhman, UNAMID.

31 May; UNAMID Joint Special Representative/ Joint Chief Mediator(JSR/JCM), Mr. Jeramiah Mamabolo (left), and the Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Sudan, Mr. Babagana Ahmadu, signed a revised Memorandum of Understanding for implementation of a joint project on strengthening local capacities to address intercommunal violence and to find sustainable solutions to its root causes in Darfur region. The project is also aimed at preventing and mitigating recurrent conflicts between farmers and nomadic herders in the region through the demarcation of migratory routes and camping sites and providing basics services along the routes and corridors for both nomads and farmers. Photo by Ashraf Eissa, UNAMID.

21 May; UNAMID handed over a power generator and two spraying machines to the Ministry of Health in north Darfur,as part of the Mission’s continued support to local authorities in Darfur to control the spread of COVID-19.The handover ceremony was attended by UNAMID Chief Service Delivery, Mr. Prem Singh, other Mission staff and Government of Sudan officials. Photo by Deepak Tiwari, UNAMID.

01 June; UNAMID handed over advanced medical equipment and furniture (inside the trucks) to the Isolation Center and Zalingei Teaching Hospital in Zalingei town in central Darfur. The ceremony, attended by Mission Senior staff and Sudanese health authority officials, is part of the Mission’s overall response to improve local health facilities and support the host community in combating the spread of COVID-19. Photo by Owies Elfaki, UNAMID.

UNAMID’s Governance and Community Stabilization Section, in partnership with the Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO),continued conducting awareness raising campaigns against Corona Virus (COVID-19) amongst internally displaced persons in Zalingei,Central Darfur. These efforts are part of the Mission’s overall response to support the host community in combating the spread of COVID-19. Photo courtesy SUDO.

01 June; UNAMID Pakistani peacekeepers provide escort to a humanitarian convoy on the road between Kabkabiya town and Om Crossing point in North Darfur State. As per its mandate, the Mission continues to escort and provide protection to humanitarian workers in the area of its responsibility. UNAMID Photo.

UNAMID conducts field protection patrols to deescalate tension in returnee villages in North Darfur

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 U

01 Jun 2020

UNAMID reports 2 COVID-19 cases on its outbound flight to Nairobi

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

28 May 2020

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