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27 January 2010 - In continuation of his meetings with Government of Sudan officials in Khartoum, Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari was received today by the Minister of Defence, General Abdelrahim Mohamed…

27 January 2010 - Today, at the UNAMID’s headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur, 196 members of the Mission’s Gambian military contingent were honoured with peacekeeping medals in recognition of their work in pursuit of…

27 January 2010 - Yesterday, UNAMID’s Human Rights Division, along with OCHA, WFP and IOM, concluded a two-day assessment mission to Dar El Salaam and Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur, to meet with recently displaced IDPs and…

25 January 2010 - The German Ambassador to Sudan, Mr. Rainner Eberle, yesterday paid a visit to UNAMID’s regional headquarters in Nyala, South Darfur. The diplomat’s mission was to gain a better picture of the situation in…

24 January 2010 - Yesterday, UNAMID facilitated an African Union Commission mission to El Fasher, North Darfur, to assess the region’s political and security situation ahead of the April general election. The ten-member…

24 January 2010 - At a meeting today with officials from the Government of Sudan, the new AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Joint Special Representative (JSR), Professor Ibrahim Gambari, stated “We reaffirmed our commitment to…

Mr. Mamadou Mountaga Diallo of Guinea is replacing Major-General Gerardo Christian Chaumont of Argentina as the new Chief of MINURCAT Police. General Chaumont left Chad in December last year after completing 16 months of…

As far as education is concerned, the camp has six eight-grade primary schools, and 90 teachers, of whom five women. The total school enrolment for 2009-2010 is 4,752 children, including 2,156 girls. The education sector in…

19 January 2010 - Today UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) a.i., Henry K. Anyidoho, visited the villages of Saraf Umra and Shanghil Tobaya where he met with Rwandan contingent peacekeepers and UN Police. The JSR a.i…

18 January 2010 - The Deputy Head of Mission of the Japanese Embassy, Mr. Yoichi Nakashima, and Second Secretary, Ms. Mayuko Okabe, arrived yesterday in El Fasher, North Darfur, beginning a five-day tour of the region…