12 August 2008 -- 126 Egyptian military engineers arrived in Darfur earlier today. The Egyptian Engineering Company is now fully deployed with a strength of 335 military personnel. The Egyptian Engineering company is composed…
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11 August 2008 -- A helicopter belonging to the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was shot at earlier today in West Darfur.The helicopter took off from El Geneina at around noon local time and the pilot heard shots being fired…
6 August 2008 –A civilian convoy with seven vehicles was attacked on Monday, leaving six dead and 28 wounded, the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reported today.According to UNAMID…
5 August 2008 -- The Force Commander of the Joint United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur [UNAMID], General Martin Luther Agwai today paid a condolence visit to members of the Nigerian company in Foro Baranga, Western…
31July 2008 -- Mr. Rodolphe Adada, UNAMID’s Joint Special Representative (JSR), has reviewed a report released today, endorsed by 36 International NGOs working on Darfur. The report, which focused mainly on the unavailability…
4 August 2008 -- The Deputy UN-AU Joint Special Representative for Darfur, Henry Anyidoho, travelled to Khartoum yesterday, along with senior African Union officials, for consultations with the Government of Sudan. The…
28 July 2008 -- "The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has carried out 33 confidence building patrols, 5 night patrols, 13 patrols escorting women who carry firewood and 16 escorts of humanitarian…
28 July 2008 -- The Joint AU-UN Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur, Mr. Rodolphe Adada today received a report titled “Putting People First,” which was compiled by the Darfur Consortium, which groups more than 50 African…
29 July 2008 -- The African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has been monitoring the ongoing reintegration training of ex-combatants into the Government of Sudan (GoS) Armed Forces and Police. More than 1,000…
31 July 2008 –The Security Council tonight extended by one year the mandate of the joint United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Darfur. With 14 votes in favour and an abstention by the United States, a…