17 February 2010 - In the wake of yesterday’s attacks on UNAMID peacekeepers in South Darfur, Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari travelled to the state capital, Nyala, accompanied by the Mission Force Commander Lt Gen Patrick Nyambvumba and other senior officials.

17 February -- "The Secretary-General condemns the attack by unidentified armed assailants against a UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) police convoy returning to Nyala (South Darfur) from a confidence-building patrol to the El Sharif camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in South

16 February 2010 - The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today received five MI-35 tactical helicopters from Ethiopia. The helicopters arrived in Nyala, South Darfur, with 15 pilots and crew members onboard.