Press Releases

22 July 2010 - UNAMID's team site in Malha, located 175 northeast of El Fasher, reports of armed non-Governmental forces forces in North Darfur. The troops, on board as many as 80 vehicles, were seen in the areas of Umbayada, Marega and Wadi Osher villages, 95 km east, 59 km east and 37 km south of…

Khartoum, 19 July. UNMIS held today its initial introductory meeting with the recently formed Southern Sudan Referendum Commission as a whole at the Mission's Headquarters in Khartoum. The meeting was attended by the Commission Chairman, Mr Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil and members of the Commission. The…

14 July 2010 - In North Darfur, yesterday, Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) clashed with Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) fighters near the Adola Mountains and near Kuma, 110 km southwest and 80 km northwest of Um Kadada, respectively. The number of possible casualties has yet to be determined. UNAMID…

UNPOS Acting DSRSG, Margaret Vogt, traveled to the Seychelles to represent the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs in the International Symposium on Piracy, which was held from 12 to 13 July 2010.

New York, 13 July 2010 - Said Djinnit, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, briefed the Security Council on the situation of peace and stability in the subregion and presented the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West…

New York, 12 July 2010 – The Secretary-General strongly condemns the vicious bombings yesterday in Kampala that claimed the lives of dozens of people and left hundreds wounded among Ugandans and other nationalities at establishments where they were watching the World Cup final. The Secretary-General…

11 July 2010 - After assessing security reports for the past month, UNAMID estimates the number of fatalities due to armed conflict and criminality in Darfur in June to be at 221. The majority of these deaths, nearly 140, are believed to be due to inter-tribal fighting between the Rizeigat and…

The Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme in Sudan, under which 180,000 combatants from the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) are to be demobilised and reintegrated into civilian life, marked a new milestone on 6 July 2010 with the launch…