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1 March 2008 -- The Darfur Ceasefire commission (CFC) held its first meeting in 2008 with the absence of one major party. On 29 February, representatives from the Government of Sudan (GoS) and rebel movements came together…
6 March 2008 -- "The Secretary-General welcomes the initiative to establish a group of “Friends of UNAMID” which will focus on supporting the deployment of the AU-UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur. The first meeting of the…
9 March 2008 -- Knowing that the months from December through February can be cold, UNAMID troops donated their own warm clothes and blankets to the internally displaced people (IDPs) of Mallit, a small town north of the city…
A dusty road, partly tar, partly dirt; two government check-points where Sudanese soldiers appear familiar with the United Nations (UN) internal forms for movement of personnel; and an endless landscape of huts made out of…
The dust road leading from Al Mazroob to Um Suona has been wiped away. It has been a year since the Government of Sudan, with the support of the local Ma’alia tribe, launched an offensive to recover the area from the Minni…
Amina Mohammed, 15, is one of three girls in her family at Al-Salam Camp of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), just outside Nyala in South Darfur. One of her many chores is to fetch firewood for the family.
11 March 2008 -- Recent fierce fighting in Sudan’s devastated Darfur region makes it clear that the international effort to protect the population is at dire risk unless the parties are pressured to negotiate a peace, at top…
20 March 2008 -- GENEVA- A report issued on Thursday by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), that was prepared in cooperation with the United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), stated that recent…
20 March 2008 -- El Fasher, SUDAN – Following the recent violence and continuing tension in West Darfur, UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative Henry Anyidoho traveled to Silea in West Darfur to personally assess the…
25 March 2008 - A UNAMID armoured vehicle and a passenger bus collided near Nyala , South Darfur, at 0930 hours, today. Initial reports suggest that one passenger and four pedestrians were killed, while another seventeen…
28 March 2008 - The UN/AU Joint Special Representative for Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, received in Khartoum, on Friday, a delegation from the Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC), currently visiting Sudan.The delegation…
4 April 2008 -- Four years ago this week, the Security Council first took up the issue of Darfur. The situation remains grim today, as then, if not worse. Violence targeting civilians, including women and girls, continues at…