The United Nations – African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) mandate ended on 31 December 2020 following UN Security Council Resolution 2559, concluding over a decade of peacekeeping efforts to stabilize Darfur and protect civilians.
1 March 2008 -- The Darfur Ceasefire commission (CFC) held its first meeting in 2008 with the absence of one major party. On 29 February, representatives from the Government of Sudan (GoS) and rebel movements came together…
6 March 2008 -- "The Secretary-General welcomes the initiative to establish a group of “Friends of UNAMID” which will focus on supporting the deployment of the AU-UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur. The first meeting of the…
9 March 2008 -- Knowing that the months from December through February can be cold, UNAMID troops donated their own warm clothes and blankets to the internally displaced people (IDPs) of Mallit, a small town north of the city…
A dusty road, partly tar, partly dirt; two government check-points where Sudanese soldiers appear familiar with the United Nations (UN) internal forms for movement of personnel; and an endless landscape of huts made out of…
The dust road leading from Al Mazroob to Um Suona has been wiped away. It has been a year since the Government of Sudan, with the support of the local Ma’alia tribe, launched an offensive to recover the area from the Minni…
Amina Mohammed, 15, is one of three girls in her family at Al-Salam Camp of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), just outside Nyala in South Darfur. One of her many chores is to fetch firewood for the family.
11 March 2008 -- Recent fierce fighting in Sudan’s devastated Darfur region makes it clear that the international effort to protect the population is at dire risk unless the parties are pressured to negotiate a peace, at top…
14 January, 2007-- El Fasher / N. Darfur - The UN-AU hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) supply convoy that left El Fasher to supply food and fuel rations in Southern Darfur yesterday returned to El Fasher. Addressing the…
14 January, 2007 -- El Fasher / N. Darfur - UNAMID Police Commissioner, Michael Fryer, has stated that UNAMID Police advisors will concentrate their efforts to establish community policing in the camps for the internally…
January 16, 2008 -- The UN/AU Joint Special Representative, Mr. Rodolphe Adada paid a courtesy call today on the newly appointed Sudanese Foreign Affairs Minister Mr. Deng Alor. The visit availed a good opportunity for both…
15 January 2008 – Sudan’s top military officer and his counterpart from the new United Nations-African Union (AU) hybrid mission, known as UNAMID, met today to discuss issues pertaining to the deployment of the joint…
January 17, 2008 -- The Government of Sudan today released eight Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) detainees in El Fasher into the custody of UNAMID Force Commander, General Martin Luther Agwai, in his capacity as Chairman…