Press releases

  • 25 July 2008 -- JSR Adada visits convalescing UNAMID peacekeepers injured in Um Hakibah attack
    01 Dec 2008 - UNAMID Press Release 25 July 2008
    JSR Adada visits convalescing UNAMID peacekeepers injured in Um Hakibah attack
    The AU-UN Joint Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, today visited the peacekeepers convalescing in a Khartoum hospital who were injured in the attack at Um Hakibah in North Darfur on 8 July this year, in which 7 peacekeepers lost their lives while 22 were injured.
  • 31 July 2008 -- JSR Adada recieves NGO report on unavailability of helicopters for UNAMID
    01 Dec 2008 - UNAMID Press Release 31 July 2008
    JSR ADADA RECEIVES NEW RESEARCH REPORT FROM 36 NGOs  ON WORLDWIDE UNAVAILABILITY OF HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID
     
  • 28 July 2008 -- JSR Adada receives Darfur Consortium report
    01 Dec 2008 - UNAMID Press Release El Fasher, 28 July 2008
  • 24 September 2008 -- UNAMID loses another peacekeeper
    01 Dec 2008 - The body of Late Private Losedi Boitumelo Monaisa of South African Battalion was yesterday flown home after a solemn farewell ceremony organized in her honour by her colleagues of the African Union-United Nations hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).
  • 23 September 2008 -- UNAMID conducts security coordination workshop
    01 Dec 2008 - African Union- United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) today conducted a training workshop on security coordination for senior and medium level management officers from the Sudanese Police, National Security and Military Intelligence on the mission’s mandate, the Status of Forces Agreement, the host government’s responsibilities and on understanding the United Nations Security management System.
  • 26 August 2008 -- UNAMID condemns use of excessive force at Kalma IDP camp in South Darfur
    01 Dec 2008 - On Monday 25 August, UNAMID officials in the South Darfur Sector Headquarters of Nyala received information that Government of Sudan (GoS) armed elements were at the Kalma Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, situated 25km from the town of Nyala. Initial reports mentioned that shots had been fired at the camp location, resulting in a number of casualties.
  • 30 October 2008 -- Murderous attack against UNAMID peacekeepers
    01 Dec 2008 - El Fasher, 30 October 2008 On Wednesday 29 October, at approximately 1800 hours, South African soldiers serving with the African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) came under attack from unidentified men who arrived in several heavily armed vehicles.
  • 7 October 2008 -- The launching of the tripartite committee’s first meeting on UNAMID deployment
    01 Dec 2008 - UNAMID Press Release The AU, UN, GoS tripartite committee for the deployment of the hybrid operation in Darfur has today launched its first meeting at the Sudanese Foreign Affairs Ministry in Khartoum .
  • 1 September 2008 -- UNAMID JSR expresses grave concern to government of Sudan over kalma incident
    01 Dec 2008 - The Joint Special Representative (JSR) of the African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), Mr. Rodolphe Adada, officially expressed to the Government of Sudan UNAMID’s “grave concern” over the recent tragic incidents of 25 August 2008 at the Internally Displaced Persons camp of Kalma, South Darfur, notably concerning the excessive use of force which caused the death of innocent IDPs, including children and women, in addition to a considerable number of wounded.
  • 12 October 2008 -- Indonesian Formed Police Unit (FPU) arrive in El Fasher
    01 Dec 2008 - A contingent of 130 officers from the Indonesian Formed Police Unit (FPU) arrived in El Fasher today, aboard a special UN flight from Jakarta, at the start of a one-year tour of duty with the African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). The unit was received at the airport by UNAMID Deputy Police Commissioner for Operations, Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, and UNAMID Police Sector North Commander, John Gachomo.

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