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19 October 2009 -- UNAMID personnel in the field have recently observed a sizable and unusual increase in military activities by the Government of Sudan (GoS) and Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid Faction (SLA/AW) forces…

18 October 2009 -- On Saturday 17 October at about 1300 hours, unknown gunmen attacked a formed police unit (FPU) escort of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) wounding three policemen, two of them critically. The attack…

Abeche, 16 October 2009 – Ambassadors representing the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (P5) in Chad arrived in the eastern part of the country for a two-day visit to Iriba, Farchana, Koukou Angarana, and…

13 October 2009 -- On Monday 12 October at 2145 hours, unidentified gunmen opened fire on a military guard post of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in Kutum, North Darfur, injuring one UNAMID soldier in the arm. The…

11 October 2009 -- In continuing promotion of its mandate to protect civilians, UNAMID has conducted a workshop on sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in the Rwanda internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Tawilla…

Abeche, 28 September 2009 ---The Public Information Office of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) handed over some radio equipment to the American NGO INTERNEWS. The ceremony took…

7 October 2009 -- AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Force Commander, Lieutenant-General Patrick Nyamvumba, on Tuesday met South Darfur state officials, including the Deputy Wali, Dr. Farah Mustafa Abdalla and members of the…

5 October 2009 -- The first batch of Government of Sudan (GoS) police targetted for providing security during Sudan’s upcoming national elections in April 2010 have participated in a training workshop conducted by the AU-UN…

30 September 2009 -- Egypt’s first formed police unit (FPU) to be deployed in UNAMID arrived today pushing the current number of FPUs in the Mission to 12 of an authorized total of nineteen. The 130 policemen will be based in…

29 September 2009 -- The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack on a UNAMID convoy which took place yesterday in El Geneina, West Darfur leaving one peacekeeper dead and two others injured. The…