13 January 2008 –Arriving today in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, the United Nations and African Union (AU) Special Envoys for Darfur began a weeklong mission to infuse new momentum into efforts to bring peace to the war…
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11 January 2008 –The Security Council today condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the attack by Sudanese army elements on a supply convoy of the new joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur…
9 January 2008 – The top United Nations peacekeeping official today warned the Security Council that the new, critically under-manned and under-equipped mission in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region faced “probably the…
8 January 2008 – Elements of the Sudanese army attacked a supply convoy of the new joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region last night, and a civilian Sudanese driver suffered…
8 January, 2008 -- A UNAMID Supplies convoy was attacked last night, 7 January 2008, at approximately 2200 Hrs, on its way from Umm Baru to Tine in Western Darfur. The road convoy was on a re-supply mission to UNAMID team…
7 January 2008 -- The current troop level of the new African Union-United Nations hybrid peacekeeping force seeking to end the violence in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur is inadequate, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…
7 January 2008 -- The AU-UN Joint Special Representative for Darfur (JSR) and UNAMID Head of Mission, Mr. Rodolphe Adada is following with deep concern the escalating tension between the Sudan and Chad, a matter which could…
3 January 2008 – In a race against time, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is appealing to United Nations Member States to speed up delivery of vital units and equipment for the newly launched but critically under-strength joint…
31 July 2007 – The Security Council today approved the creation of a hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force to quell the violence and instability plaguing the Darfur region of Sudan, where hundreds of…
31 December 2007 -- The African Union Mission Transfers Authority to the International Force in a Historic Ceremony in El Fasher El Fasher/N. Darfur, 31 December 2007 - The Joint United Nations / African Union Mission in…