UNAMID News
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8 April 2009 -- UNAMID Joint Special Representative, Mr. Rodolphe Adada, today met with the Special Assistant to the President and the Chairman of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA), Mr. Minni Minawi. They…
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El Fasher, 3 April 2009 -- The African Union High Level Panel on Darfur (AUPD) arrived in El Fasher, North Darfur, today to meet with the leadership of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and senior…
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El Fasher, 31 March 2009 -- Representatives from the Government of Sudan (GoS), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) today held the fifth meeting of the Tripartite Committee on UNAMID. The meeting focused on…
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30 March 2009 -- The advance party of the 2nd Egyptian Infantry Battalion, consisting of 100 personnel, arrived in Nyala today to join UNAMID. Another 100 personnel are expected to arrive tomorrow. The advance party consists…
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25 March 2009 -- Two internally displaced persons (IDPs) died today after a fire broke out at the Abu Zar IDP camp near the West Darfur state capital of El Geneina. A joint team of UNAMID military and police personnel that…
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23 March 2009 -- On the last day of his life John Ahmed could be found where his colleagues always knew to look for him: hard at work, ensuring the smooth passage of mail, messages and other information between his battalion…
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18 March 2009 -- The number of new arrivals in Zam Zam Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in North Darfur continues to rise, bringing the total to about 80,000. The majority of the newcomers are from villages and IDP…
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17 March 2009 -- The Secretary-General deeply regrets the death of one UNAMID [African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur] peacekeeper who died from a gunshot wound received during a deliberate attack on a UNAMID…
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17 March 2009 - Today, at about 13:20 hours, six UNAMID Peacekeepers were ambushed by approximately eight unknown gunmen, who opened fire on them, while they were returning to their base in Nyala, South Darfur after…
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16 March 2009 -- As part of their capacity building, UNAMID police continue to conduct training for Government of Sudan Police. Five-day courses in Human Rights, Gender-based violence and Child Protection, Community Policing…
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14 March 2009 -- The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has welcomed tonight’s safe release of four staff members with the non-governmental organization (NGO) Médecins Sans Frontières-Belgium, three days…
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12 March 2009 -- Yesterday evening five staff members [three internationals and two nationals] from Medicins Sans Frontieres/Belgium were abducted by unknown armed men from their office in Saraf Umra, approximately 230 kms…