UNAMID News
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21 December 2009 -- The peace process in the war-wracked Darfur region of Sudan has reached a “critical point,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling on both the Government and rebel groups to accelerate efforts…
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20 December 2009 - On Thursday 15 December, UNAMID welcomed the arrival of the advance party of a military contingent from the Republic of Sierra Leone. The contingent consists of 53 peacekeepers, 4 of them women, and is led…
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17 December 2009 -- Addressing corrections officers at a workshop closing ceremony today, the Director of Prisons for North Darfur, Brigadier General Babikir Ali Ahmed Nasr, voiced his hope they took the knowledge they gained…
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16 December 2009 - In a venture supported by UNAMID, the Sudanese National AIDS Programme (SNAP) began a campaign yesterday commemorating World AIDS Day in El Fasher, North Darfur. The celebration, delayed due to the Eid Al…
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14 December - A delegation from the European Commission (EC), an executive body of the European Union, arrived today in El Fasher, North Darfur, on a fact-finding mission. The purpose of the visit was to assess the situation…
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13 December 2009 -- "The Secretary-General is deeply gratified to learn that two civilian staff members from the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), who were abducted at gunpoint from their accommodation…
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10 December 2009 - The first ever UNAMID-supported Women’s Centre in West Darfur was officially dedicated yesterday in ceremony in Ardamatta IDP camp, about 15 kilometres northeast of El Geneina. The Ardamatta Women’s Centre…
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8 December 2009 - A delegation led by the Assistant Secretary-General of UN Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Edmond Mulet, arrived today in El Fasher, North Darfur, in a follow-up to his visit two years ago, when the African…
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8 December 2009 -- "The Secretary-General placed on record his strong condemnation of the 5 December attack the second in two days, on troops from the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). The…
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PRESS RELEASE UNAMID Peacekeepers Killed Distributing Water El Fasher, 06 December 2009 - At approximately 16.00hrs on Saturday 05 Dec 09, an UNAMID platoon distributing water outside a displaced persons camp near the…
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7 December 2009 -- "The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attacks on UNAMID peacekeepers in Darfur on 4 and 5 December, which resulted in the death of five Rwandan soldiers,' according to a…
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7 December 2009 -- "Yesterday, the Secretary-General called Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for the sole purpose of an urgent humanitarian matter. He called to urge the President’s direct engagement in securing the…