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24 July 2008 -- 126 members of the Egyptian Engineering Company arrived today from Cairo joining 83 personnel already deployed in El Fasher on 7 June as part of the advanced team. UNAMID is expecting to receive the other126…

22 July 2008 -- The Joint AU-UN Special Representative, Rodolphe Adada met today with the Governor (Wali) of North Darfur (Mohammed Osman Yousif Kibir) during which the latter reiterated the commitment of his Government to…

21 July 2008 -- AU-UN Joint Special Representative for Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, met in Khartoum, today, with Arab League Secretary General, Amr Moussa, who briefed him on his consultations with President Al Bashir and top…

EL FASHER, 22 July 2008 - On the afternoon of 21 July 2008, a UN security officer was beaten up by military personnel of the Government of Sudan and then forced into a military vehicle before being taken to a Military base…

22 July 2008 -- UNAMID police conducted their first helicopter patrol flights over five camps housing displaced persons in Darfur on Sunday, 20 July. The three-hour test flight was part of a UNAMID police initiative to use…

26 November 2008 -- The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) investigated reports of aerial attacks by the Government of Sudan from 21 to 22 November in Abu Dangal, South Darfur, and confirmed visible…

23 November 2008 -- A 70-strong advance party of the Bangladeshi Formed police Unit (FPU1) that will replace the current FPU as part of the normal rotation process, has arrived in Nyala from Dhaka onboard a UN-chartered…

24 November 2008 -- Henry Anyidoho, UNAMID Principal Deputy Joint Special Representative (PDJSR) has today presided over the Medal Presentation Parade held at Sector West Headquarters in El Geneina, West Darfur. The Medals…

24 November 2008 -- A second 70-strong team of the Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU1) that is replacing the current Bangladeshi FPU as part of the normal rotation process, arrived today in Nyala from Dhaka onboard a UN…

25 November 2008 -- John Holmes, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, began a six day visit to Sudan today by going to one of the largest camps housing internally displaced…