Closure of UNAMID

The United Nations – African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur completed its mandate on 31 December 2020. You can find information about the mission’s past activities and achievements on this website.

A UN political mission continues to support the transition in Sudan (https://unitams.unmissions.org/en).

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13 September 2008 -- UNAMID FC speaks at seminar on peacekeeping in Darfur, King's College, London

On 12 September 2008, General Martin Luther Agwai, Force Commander of the African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), leading one of the largest peacekeeping operations in the world, discussed the realities of the ongoing challenges and the activities of UNAMID in Western

01 Dec 2008

Darfur: UN-African Union peacekeeping force launches operations in El Fasher

31 October – The United Nations African Union hybrid peacekeeping operation for Darfur (UNAMID) today began operations at its El Fasher Headquarters in what the senior UN official there called a milestone for the strife-torn Sudanese region.

01 Dec 2008

Darfur: Ban Ki-moon warns against delays in deployment of hybrid force

9 November – The hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission to the war-torn Darfur region (UNAMID) still lacks critical transport and aviation units and the Sudanese Government has not responded yet to the UN-AU submission on the force’s composition, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sa

01 Dec 2008

Expulsion of UN humanitarian official from South Darfur sparks concern

8 November – The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan is in contact with the country’s authorities to find out why a senior UN humanitarian official has been expelled from South Darfur.

01 Dec 2008

‘Door remains open’ for Darfur rebels to join peace process, says UN official

5 November – Darfur’s splintering rebel movements still have time to participate in the peace process aimed at ending the four-year conflict in western Sudan, but they owe it to the people of their region to quickly unify behind a common position, a spokesperson for the United Nations-African Uni

01 Dec 2008

Darfur: UN, AU envoys step up efforts to find common ground among rebels

15 November – The United Nations and African Union Special Envoys tasked with spearheading the peace process in Darfur say they are stepping up efforts to press some of the larger groups of the war-torn region’s splintering rebel movements to find common ground ahead of scheduled direct peace tal

01 Dec 2008

Viability of UN-AU peacekeeping force in Darfur at risk, warns top UN official

14 November – The lack of offers from Member States for key ground transport and aviation units and the Sudanese Government’s unwillingness so far to approve the presence of non-African units means the hybrid United Nations peacekeeping mission planned for the war-torn Darfur region could fail, a

01 Dec 2008

Darfur: UN and AU envoys head to Eritrea for talks with regional partners

13 November – The United Nations and African Union envoys tasked with spearheading the peace process in Darfur are meeting tomorrow with countries in the region to discuss the progress made so far and how to chart a way forward.

01 Dec 2008

Top UN peacekeeping official heads to China to push for greater contribution

16 November – The United Nations peacekeeping chief is heading to China for a regional seminar and meetings with Government officials to encourage the world’s most populous country to contribute more to UN operations.

01 Dec 2008

South African chosen to head police component of hybrid UN-AU force in Darfur

16 November – An assistant police commissioner from South Africa has been appointed to head the police component of the hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping operation (UNAMID) being deployed to the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan early next year.

01 Dec 2008

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