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14 January, 2007 -- El Fasher / N. Darfur - UNAMID Police Commissioner, Michael Fryer, has stated that UNAMID Police advisors will concentrate their efforts to establish community policing in the camps for the internally…

14 January, 2007-- El Fasher / N. Darfur - The UN-AU hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) supply convoy that left El Fasher to supply food and fuel rations in Southern Darfur yesterday returned to El Fasher. Addressing the…

21 July 2008 -- "With the world fixated on recent events at the International Criminal Court and how they will affect the situation in Sudan, it is important to remember what is happening in Darfur today," said UNAMID Force…

15 July 2008 –The two United Nations peacekeeping missions in Sudan have reported that the situation there is calm, following yesterday’s announcement by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that he is…

16 July 2008 – A peacekeeper serving with the joint African Union-United Nations force in Darfur (UNAMID) was killed today while on patrol in the strife-torn region, just one week after seven blue helmets with the mission…

16 July 2008 -- The Security Council adopted a presidential statement condemning last week’s killings, calling it an “unacceptable act of extreme violence” and noting it is the worst attack on the mission since it began at…

17 July 2008 -- UNAMID today welcomed the arrival of 172 Chinese engineers n Nyala, bring the total number of Chinese engineers in Darfur to 315 and the total number of UNAMID forces to 8,000. The Chinese contingent will work…

18 July 2008 -- The joint African Union – UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today bade farewell to one of its Nigerian peacekeepers killed on 16 July whilst on patrol in Forobaranga, West Darfur. The peacekeeper was…

12 July 2008, El Fasher/North Darfur State – In a solemn funeral ceremony, the African Union-United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) honoured the seven peacekeepers, who lost their lives during the deadly…

Paris, 14 July 2008 -- The Secretary-General was informed that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked the Court to issue an arrest warrant for the President of Sudan. The Secretary-General emphasizes…