Darfur Peace and Development

16 August 2010 – Responding to the increase in incidence of kidnappings and carjackings in Nyala, South Darfur, targeting the international community in particular, UNAMID and the local government have agreed to work together to construct a security trench which will span the town’s perimeter.

UNAMID’s Chinese Engineering Company began work on Sunday on the Mission’s half of the trench. The measure is designed to reduce the high incidence of criminality…

16 August 2010 – The situation in Kalma Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in South Darfur remains tense. Intensified patrols by UNAMID forces have led to a significant decrease in cases of gunfire overnight. UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative Mohamed Yonis, Force Commander Patrick Nyamvumba and Acting Police Commissioner Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi today travelled to Nyala to confer with state authorities concerning recent developments.

The majority of Kalma’s sectors have reported improvements…

15 August 2010 – The security situation in Kalma Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in South Darfur remains unpredictable, with sporadic shooting over the weekend. UNAMID troops continue to patrol the area, 24 hours a day. The majority of IDPs who sought shelter near UNAMID’s local Community Policing Center have relocated to other parts of the camp, suggesting an improvement in the security situation.

Humanitarian conditions in the camp continue to…

El Fasher, 14 August 2010 – Two police advisors with the African Union – United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were abducted in Nyala, South Darfur, at approximately 07:55 hours today.

The officers, who had been walking to a UNAMID transport dispatch point, were 100 meters from their residence in the city’s Almatar area when they were blocked by three individuals in a 4 x 4 vehicle. The perpetrators seized the…

El Fasher, 11 August 2010 – On the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, I would like to take the opportunity to convey my best wishes to the people of the Sudan and of Darfur in particular. May the light of this Holy Month of purity in thoughts and deeds touch us all and engage us in generosity and charity.

Ramadan is not a time for violence, but for reconciliation…

11 August 2010 – A UNAMID team which visited Kalma IDP camp yesterday has reported that large regions of the settlement appeared deserted, the inhabitants having left for either the nearby UNAMID Community Policing Center, Nyala or one of the surrounding villages.

An inter-agency mission carried out from 4 to 8 August and covering eleven villages near Nyala estimates that around 450 to 500 households have arrived there from Kalma. The…

11 August 2010 – A camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur that has been the scene of recent tensions remains on edge and insecure, with reports of gunfire overnight, the United Nations said today.

The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) added that the Joint UN-African Union Special Representative for Darfur, Ibrahim Gambari, travelled to Kalma camp today for meetings with senior authorities in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur…

09 August 2010 – Heavy rainfall has affected more than 700 families in Zam Zam IDP camp, located on the outskirts of El Fasher, North Darfur.

Many households have lost property and food stocks to the flooding, and collapsed latrines pose significant health risks. A UN interagency team is currently planning a mission to reach those in most urgent need…

El Fasher, 07 August 2010 – The Joint Special Representative (JSR) of the African Union – United Nations Mission in Darfur, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, met on 5 August with the Government of the Sudan’s Minister of the Interior, Mr. Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid, and a number of the government’s senior defense and police officials to address the escalating tensions in Kalma Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in South Darfur.

JSR Gambari thanked…

UNAMID forces continue to conduct intensified patrols in Kalma Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in South Darfur, where the situation remains tense following violence over the weekend. Sporadic shooting was heard yesterday evening.

Aid groups still await permission to enter the camp. Many of the IDPs around the UNAMID Community Policing Centre were exposed to heavy rainfall last night, increasing fears of health risks.

Meanwhile, Government authorities have today lifted restrictions on…