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.
Having recently arrived in El Fasher as the new Deputy Joint Special Representative (Political), Ms. Aichatou Mindaoudou paid introductory visits to senior Government officials in Khartoum during the last week of July. Her…
3 August 2011 - Twenty Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers died and another 30 were injured yesterday in El Geneina, West Darfur, when two buildings where they were staying in collapsed as a result of heavy rain storms…
1 August 2011 - Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso and former Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur, Djibrill Bassolé, visited today his country’s troops stationed in UNAMID Team Site at Foro Baranga, located approximately 150 km…
New York, 29 July 2011 - Expressing strong determination to support the peace process in Sudan’s troubled western region, as well as concern over worsening violence there, the Security Council today decided to extend the…
Open from 1 July and lasting until 30 July 2011 at United Nations headquarters in New York, Darfur up Close is the first UN sponsored photo exhibition that shows the humane side of the conflict that has displaced around 1.8…
27 July 2011 - A UNAMID patrol investigating reports of recent air strikes in the vicinity of Abu Hamara, located approximately 20 kilometers west of Khor Abeche, in South Darfur has confirmed that such strikes took place…
El Fasher, 26 July 2011 - A sensitization programme to disseminate messages on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) and Small Arms Control was organized yesterday in El Srief locality, situated 45 kilometers…
Aradia Adam and her family were among those who fled the Kutum area in North Darfur and settled nearly 100 kilometres away in Aramba village, Kabkabiya more than seven years ago and just recently decided to return home to…
24 July 2011 - UNAMID started yesterday to provide logistic support to an environmental campaign organized by local authorities in El Fasher town, North Darfur. The campaign that will last for 6 weeks is aimed at reducing…
New York, 22 July 2011 - The United Nations top political official in Darfur hailed on 22 July last week’s signing of a road map for peace in Darfur by the Sudanese Government and the opposition Liberation and Justice…
23 July 2011 - Two UNAMID peacekeepers were injured on 22 July in an ambush by unknown persons between Ardamata and Dorti internally displaced persons (IDP) Camps, near El Geneina, West Darfur, while escorting two fuel…
22 July 2011 - The smoke seen billowing from the old El Fasher airport at 920 a.m. Friday 22 July was an aircraft accident exercise conducted by the UNAMID Aviation Section and Sudan Civil Aviation Authorities. The objective…