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On 15 October 2018, UNAMID’s Communications and Public Information Section (CPIS), in partnership with the National Federation of Sudanese Youth, organized a football tournament in Sewilinga village near El Fasher, North Darfur. The event aimed to promote peaceful coexistence among the local community in the area as part of the “Together for Peace” campaign. Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID.

On 14 October 2018, UNAMID’s Rule of Law Section, in collaboration with El Fasher University and the Directorate of Prisons and Reform, began a month-long Training of Trainers (ToT) programme for 20 prison officers in El Fasher, North Darfur. The course will equip participants to train other prison officers as part of efforts to strengthen rule of law in Darfur. Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID.

On 14 October 2018, UNAMID officially handed over two Community Policing Centers (CPC) at Ottash and Dreij internally displaced persons’ camps in Nyala, South Darfur to the Government of Sudan. In the picture is Ottash CPC. The handover is part of the Mission’s ongoing reconfiguration and gradual exit from Darfur, as mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 2429. Photo by Ibrahim Musa Hamid, UNAMID.

On 7 October 2018, UNAMID’s Governance and Community Stabilization Section (GCSS) organized a consultation and dialogue forum for farmers and herders in El Arid area, East Darfur. Some 85 participants, including 52 women, attended the event, aimed at sensitizing the two communities on the importance of peaceful coexistence and advocating for a successful harvest season. UNAMID photo.

On 9 October 2018, UNAMID’s Communications and Public Information Section (CPIS) visited Alguba Basic School for Girls in El Fasher, North Darfur. The pupils received information and education materials incorporating messages about UNAMID’s mandate and activities across Darfur. Photo by Mohamad Almahady, UNAMID.

UNAMID peacekeepers from the Ethiopian Battalion provided escort to World Food Programme (WFP) trucks during a recent long-range patrol from Zalingei to Hilla bida, Central Darfur. As part of its core mandate, the Mission provides escorts to humanitarian actors, including the UN Country Team, in all five states of Darfur. Photo by Abdul-Rasheed Yakubu, UNAMID.

UNAMID hosts football tournament for peace in Sewilinga, North Darfur

On 15 October 2018, hundreds of people from diverse backgrounds attended the final football match in a tournament for peace, organized by UNAMID’s Communications and Public Information Section (CPIS) in collaboration with National Federation of Sudanese Youth Union, in Sewilinga village, near El

16 Oct 2018

UNAMID hands over two sites in Darfur to the Government of Sudan

United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2429 (2018) has called for the closing of ten Team Sites across Darfur as part of the Mission’s reconfiguration process. The Mission intends to complete this task by the end of December 2018.

11 Oct 2018

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