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5 February 2009 -- No fighting was reported in Muhajeriya today although the situation remains tense and approximately 3,000 people are still gathered around the UNAMID team site there. UNAMID continues to monitor the…

El Fasher, 5 February 2009 -- A high-level UNAMID delegation, led by the African Union – United Nations Joint Special Representative (JSR), Mr. Rodolphe Adada, paid a two-day visit to N'Djamena, the capital city of…

El Fasher, 2 February 2009 -- The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) received yesterday a request from the Government of Sudan to withdraw its forces from Muhajeriya, approximately 80…

Addis Ababa, 1 February 2009 -- Since his appointment in June 2008, the African Union / United Nations Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur, Mr. Djibril Yipènè Bassolé, has been conducting extensive consultations with all of the…

1 February 2009 -- The Secretary-General is gravely concerned by reports of a build-up of Government and rebel forces in the area around Muhajeria in South Darfur, and by the possibility of renewed fighting between the…

Addis Ababa, 31 January 2009 - The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping operations Alain Le Roy, along with the AU-UN Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada, paid a visit to the Joint Support…

Addis Ababa, 31 January 2009: United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy met today with Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra, the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security at the AU…

El Fasher, 30 January 2009 -- The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) has received disturbing allegations that white Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs), similar to those used by UNAMID…

29 January 2009 -- UNAMID Joint Special Representative, Mr. Rodolphe Adada, met with the African Union Chairperson, Mr. Jean Ping yesterday at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa and briefed him on progress made by…

Khartoum, 29 January 2009: The AU-UN Joint Chief Mediator, Djibril Yipènè Bassole, expresses his grave concern about the recent military clashes in South Darfur involving the Government of Sudan, the JEM and the SLM – Minni…