El Fasher, 18 January, 2009 -- The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, UNAMID, has confirmed that the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has taken full control of Muhajeriya, South Darfur, from the…
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El Fasher, 15 January 2008 – The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) has received its first batch of equipment from the United States as part of that country’s commitment to airlift supplies and…
New York, 15 January 2009 -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned recent air and ground attacks involving national armed forces and rebel movements in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region, as he renewed…
El Fasher, 7 January 2009 -- The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur today bid farewell to one of its peacekeepers, Lieutenant Commander Papa Lamine Ndiaye, who died on 29 December 2008 of injuries…
31 December 2008 -- The United Nations is pleased to confirm that 12,374 military personnel have been deployed to UNAMID (African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur), representing 63 percent of the Mission’s…
31 December 2008 – The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) marks today its first year of service to the people of Darfur. In the year since the transfer of responsibility from the African Union…
29 December 2008 -- The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) announces with regret the death of one of its peacekeepers as a result of injuries sustained when fired upon in the course of a…
23 December 2008 -- The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur today received 45 members of the Ethiopian Medium Transport Company in West Darfur. The remaining 80 personnel are expected to arrive later this…
22 December 2008 – Eighty-five Pakistani troops arrived in Darfur during the past two days to bolster the strength of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force, known as UNAMID. Another 176 members of the…
N'Djamena, 20 December 2008 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) of the United Nations for Chad, Mr. Victor Angelo, led a mission to Dogdore over the week-end to assess the deteriorating humanitarian…