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Atul Khare, United Nations Under-Secretary General for Operational Support. (screen-capture)

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UN in Darfur: ‘Reasonable progress’ made so far, in former mission drawdown

23 March 2021

Reasonable progress has been made so far drawing down the UN’s former peacekeeping mission in Darfur, UNAMID, and cooperation on the part of the Sudanese Government has been “excellent”.

That’s according to the head of the UN Department of Operational Support, Atul Khare, who recently returned from a visit to Sudan, where despite the presence of a new political mission, UNITAMS, the transitional Government is ready to assume full responsibility for civilian protection across the restive region.

Jeremiah Mamabolo, the Joint Special Representative and Head of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, during an interview with UN News.

UN News/Abdelmonem Makki

New Sudan government ‘acceptable to the people’ paves way for UNAMID drawdown

22 December 2020

Interviews

The Security Council on Tuesday voted to end the hybrid UN-African Union civilian support operation for Darfur, UNAMID, beginning the drawdown on 1 January.

UNAMID, in collaboration with the North Darfur Committee on Women, organised an open day session on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security (file photo).

UNAMID/Albert González Farran

Sudan: Darfur deal welcomed by UN chief as 'historic achievement'

31 August 2020

Peace and Security

A peace agreement between Sudanese authorities and key armed movements from Darfur could provide a path to national unity, the head of the joint UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said on Monday. Secretary-General António Guterres later described it as an "historic achievement" towards lasting peace.

A landscape view of El Geneina town, the capital of West Darfur, Sudan.

UNAMID/Hamid Abdulsalam

UN-African Union mission condemns recent spate of deadly attacks in Darfur

28 July 2020

Peace and Security

The joint UN-African Union Mission in Darfur, UNAMID, is calling for the Sudanese Government to arrest those responsible for the recent spike in violent attacks against peaceful protestors, civilians and displaced persons in various locations across the province.

UNAMID

UN-African Union mission working to restore calm after recent Darfur violence

14 July 2020

Peace and Security

The joint UN-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) is working with Sudanese and local authorities to de-escalate tensions following recent violent incidents in two nearby towns, including a deadly attack on a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs).

UNAMID peacekeepers provide protection to local women in Aurokuom village farming area south Zalingei, Central Darfur.

UNAMID/Amin Ismail

UN ‘fully mobilized’ to support the Sudanese people, Security Council hears

24 April 2020

Peace and Security

The “exceptional circumstances” of the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted the peace process in Sudan as well as the drawing down of the United Nations mission there, the head of UN peacekeeping updated the Security Council on Friday.

Two women walk in a Mexico City subway station during the coronavirus crisis.

UN Mexico/Alexis Aubin

WHO concerned over rapid escalation in COVID-19 spread as caseload approaches one million

1 April 2020

Health

Deaths from COVID-19 have more than doubled in the past week and will soon reach 50,000 worldwide, while the global caseload is heading towards one million, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Wednesday.

UNAMID peacekeepers from the Nepalese police contingent during a June 2018 patrol in Masteri, West Darfur

UN Photo/Surendra Bahadur Ter

Sudan urged to step up protection, restore peace, following West Darfur violence

3 January 2020

Peace and Security

Authorities in Sudan are being urged to restore peace and order in the wake of intercommunal clashes in West Darfur state which erupted on Sunday and left 65 people dead, 54 injured, and thousands displaced.

On 20 December 2018, UNAMID officially handed over the Mission’s team site in Graida, South Darfur, to the Government of Sudan as part its ongoing reconfiguration.

UNAMID/Saeed Salim

Darfur peace process at a ‘standstill’ as demonstrations against Sudanese Government continue

25 February 2019

Peace and Security

Sudan’s President Omar Bashir may have declared a country-wide “cessation of hostilities” but in the face of continuing nationwide protests against his rule, the peace process in Darfur has “once again” come to a standstill, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday.

A peacekeeper is interacting with Internally Displaced Person at Aralciro gathering site, Golo locality, Central Jabal Marra, Darfur, Sudan.

UNAMID/Setyo Budi

Fresh Darfur clashes highlight ongoing problem of millions displaced from their homes

15 October 2018

Interviews

The number of internally-displaced people (IDPs) in Darfur, West Sudan, continues to grow, following recent clashes in the Jebel Marra region.

More than 2 million people in Darfur have been living in IDP camps since conflict started in 2003. Those who were displaced from the Jebel Marra are largely unwilling to return home, citing a lack of food, health services and housing.

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