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El Fasher, 19 May 2015 -The revised UNAMID Protection of Civilians Strategy and the draft framework for ISF implementation, monitoring and reporting mechanism were among the main issues discussed at a coordination meeting…
- Press Releases & Statements
El Fasher, 11 May 2015- The African Union – United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) expresses serious concern over the recent escalation of tensions between the Rezeigat and the Ma’alia tribes in East Darfur. UNAMID…
- Press Releases & Statements
Addis Ababa, 27 April 2015: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, is deeply concerned by the deadly incidents which took place on 23 and 24 April 2015 in Kass, South Darfur…
- Press Releases & Statements
El Fasher, 25 April 2015 – The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reiterates that its peacekeepers responded to two attacks against them by armed men in Kass, South Darfur, on 23 and 24 April 2015…
On 20 April 2015, UNAMID’s Civil Affairs Section- Sector North conducted a technical and monitoring visit to three completed rihood projects in Kuma locality. Photo by Mohamad Almahady, UNAMID.
- Press Releases & Statements
On 20 April 2015, UNAMID’s Civil Affairs Section- Sector North conducted a technical and monitoring visit to three completed rihood projects in Kuma locality. Rihoods are natural water catchments used to store rainwater for…
- Featured News
Khartoum, 20 April 2015 - The Joint Working Group comprising Government of Sudan, African Union and United Nations senior officials met in Khartoum from 16 to 19 April to continue its work on a UNAMID’s exit strategy. The…
On 14 April 2015, Fatima Abass Hassan, a teacher at Mellit Technical School, displays various products created by participants of a course on sewing and embroidery. Photo by Mohamad Almahady, UNAMID.
- Featured News
As part of its efforts to build capacity among Darfuri youth, UNAMID’s Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Section, on 14 April 2015, concluded a three-month vocational training initiative in Mellit, North…
Susan Issa Adam, one of the producers of the 'Voices of Children' radio programme, is pictured recording at the UNAMID radio studio. Photo by Hamid Abdulsalam, UNAMID.
- Feature Story
By Sharon Lukunka Radio plays an important role in conflict regions as, often, it serves as the most far-reaching medium for public information and awareness-raising. In Darfur, UNAMID has been broadcasting regular programmes…
On 8 April, herders collect water for their livestock at a water point in Donki Dereisa village, South Darfur. Photo by Mutaz Munafal, UNAMID.
- Featured News
On 8 April 2015, as part of a series of visits to assess the situation of voluntary returnees in South Darfur, UNAMID’s Head of Office, Sector South, Imtiaz Hussain, accompanied by a joint team of engineers from the Nyala…
On 7 April 2015, members of UNAMID’s Rwandan community and other staff members light candles commemorating 21 years of the genocide in Rwanda. Photo by Mohamad Almahady, UNAMID.
- Featured News
On 7 April 2015, UNAMID’s Rwandan community organized an event commemorating 21 years of the genocide against the Tutsis in 1994 in El Fasher, North Darfur. The programme, conducted under the theme ‘Walk to Remember,’ started…
On 2 April 2015, a contractor with The Development Initiative (TDI), an organization that works with UNAMID Ordinance Disposal Office, explains the steps of detecting mines during an exhibition in Elfasher, North Darfur. The exhibition was one of the activities of an awareness event on explosive remnants of war organized by UNAMID on the occasion of International Day for Mine Awareness. Photo by Owies Elfaki, UNAMID.
- Feature Story
By Sharon Lukunka On 2 April 2015, a TDI contractor explains how to detect metals during an ERW awareness event in El Fasher, North Darfur. Mr. Mohammad Hassan Mohammad is among several deminers working in Darfur as an…
- Featured News
On 25 March 2015, some 100 young women from different localities across North Darfur completed a three-month vocational training course at the Women’s Development and Peace Building Network in El Fasher, North Darfur. The…