AU-UN Joint Chief Mediator (JCM) for Darfur Djibrill Bassolé and the Qatari Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud arrived today in El Fasher, North Darfur. The visit is aimed at conducting extensive consultations on the ongoing Doha peace process with the local authorities and representatives of civil society, including internally displaced persons, nomadic communities and other stakeholders.

Bassolé and Minister Abdulla in Kalma IDP Camp (South Darfur). Photos by Albert Gonzalez Farran

On arrival, the JCM and the Qatari delegations met with UNAMID Joint Special Representative Ibrahim Gambari and representatives from the local community at the University of El Fasher. The mediation team delivered a briefing on progress made in the peace process and listened to participants in order to compile opinions on the way forward for the conflict in Darfur.

JCM Bassolé and the Qatari Foreign Minister will hold similar forums in Nyala, South Darfur, El Geneina and Zalingei, West Darfur, over the next three days.