Press Releases & Statements

  • 24 Aug 14 - Head of UNAMID inspects peacekeepers in North Darfur
    25 Aug 2014 - The Joint Special Representative of African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, paid a visit on 24 August to the Mission’s team sites in Um Baru and Tine, North Darfur, where he inspected the Senegalese peacekeepers newly deployed in the...
  • 25 Aug 14 - Head of UNAMID addresses launch of Doha Document security arrangements in El Fasher
    25 Aug 2014 - Security arrangements for integrating 1,350 JEM–Sudan ex-combatants into Sudanese military and police were launched today in El Fasher, North Darfur. Photo by Hamid Abdulsalam, UNAMID. El Fasher, 25 August 2014 – The security arrangements for integrating about 1,350 ...
  • 21 Aug 14 - UNAMID Head engages Government, displaced leaders in South Darfur to defuse tension
    21 Aug 2014 - Nyala, 21 August 2014 - The Head of the African Union – United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and Joint Chief Mediator, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, visited Nyala, South Darfur, to defuse tension in the area following recent security operations carried out by State authorities in...
  • UNAMID concerned about security raids in South Darfur, takes mitigating measures
    14 Aug 2014 - El Fasher, 14 August 2014 — The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is concerned about the security raids, recently conducted by the Government of Sudan on internally displaced people (IDP) camps in Nyala and surrounding localities in South Darfur; due to...
  • 11 Aug 14 - Near verbatim transcript of Q&As session at the JSR press conference
    11 Aug 2014 - 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 will conduct an official investigation next...
  • 11 Aug 14 - Opening remarks by UNAMID JSR/JCM Mohamed Ibn Chambas to the media
    11 Aug 2014 - Mohamed Ibn Chambas addresses the media during the press conference. Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID Khartoum, 11 August 2014 -  It gives me a great pleasure to welcome you to this press conference today. The last one was quite a while ago (January...

  • Mohamed Ibn Chambas briefs the Security Council on the situation in Darfur. Photo by Loey Felipe, UN Photo.

    UNAMID Head briefs UN Security Council on Darfur
    08 Aug 2014 - 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, as well as measures taken by UNAMID to implement the...
  • 7 Aug 14 - UNAMID welcomes SLA/Minni Minawi renewed commitment to end recruitment of child soldiers
    07 Aug 2014 - 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 soldiers in its ranks. The movement previously issued...
  • UNAMID takes preventive medical measures regarding Ebola
    07 Aug 2014 - 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 agency on the matter, the World Health Organization (...
  • 25 July 14 - IOM staff released in South Darfur
    25 Jul 2014 - 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 Organization for Migration (IOM), Mr. Felix Ngoma, who was...

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