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.
On 11 August 2014, UNAMID’s Rule of Law Section Chief, Ms. Francoise Simard, met with the judicial authorities in Nyala, South Darfur, to explore ways of cooperation in advancing issues related to rule of law. During the…
Near verbatim transcript of the question and answers session at the press conference held by UNAMID JSR Mohamed Ibn Chambas in Khartoum on 11 August 2014 Question 1. Abu Idris, Agency France Press: Can you confirm that the UN…
New York, 8 August 2014 —African Union-United Nations Joint Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur and Chief Mediator, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, briefed on 7 August the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Darfur…
El Fasher, 7 August 2014 — The leadership of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur welcomed the new steps taken by the Sudan Liberation Army/Minni Minawi (SLA/MM) to prohibit the recruitment and use of child…
El Fasher, 7 August 2014 – The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is monitoring the Ebola outbreak since its onset in early 2014 and is coordinating its prevention measures with the lead United Nations…
On 5 August 2014, the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) officially handed over three classrooms at the Al Riyadh primary school in El Geneina, West Darfur. The project, designed to improve the school…
UNAMID, in collaboration with the local ministries of Youth and Sport, launched the Ramadan Football Tournament in different parts of Darfur. The tournament brings together teams from different communities across the region…
On 25 July, IOM staff member, Felix Ngoma, is received by UNAMID Head of Office in Nyala, Imtiaz Hussain, after he has been released. Photo by Saidi Msonda. Nyala, 25 July 2014 – A staff member with the International…
The three humanitarian workers are guided by a UNAMID security officer upon their arrival at El Fasher airport, North Darfur. Photo by Albert González Farran El Fasher, 19 July 2014 – Three Sudanese humanitarian workers…
Every year, on 18 July, people around the world heed the call from the Nelson Mandela Foundation to devote 67 minutes of their time to helping others, as a way to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s life. To join in the celebration…
About 600 women from the Bilel locality of South Darfur received training on how to make fuel-efficient stoves. The training, facilitated by NGO Solar and Environment Organization for Sustainability and Development, was…
On 14 July 2014, UNAMID officially kicked off the construction of an examination hall at Open University in El Fasher, North Darfur, as part of its community-based, labour-intensive projects (CLIPs) programme, a development…