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17 Jan 11 - Update on Khor Abeche situation
17 January 2011 - UNAMID conducted yesterday a short range patrol to Sereef, Kalaka and Um Elkura villages, located respectively 11 km, 16 km and 16 km north of Khor Abeche, South Darfur, and found the localities deserted. The team observed that most of the houses in Um Elkura were destroyed and…
SRSG Mahiga addresses the UN Security Council on Somalia
New York, 14 January 2011 – SRSG Mahiga thanked the Council for adopting Resolution 1964 (2010) on 22 December 2010, which approved the expansion of AMISOM. He also stated that in this final leg of the transition, the gains of the Djibouti Agreement, modest as they may be, remain the basis for…
12 Jan 11 - Update on security situation
12 January 2011 - Three Sudanese nationals , employed by international NGO Catholic Relief Agency , who were abducted on 9 January were released yesterday. The aid workers were taken near Manjura, a village located approximately 60 km north of El Geneina, West Darfur. Communication and Public…
SRSG statement on the anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti
UNMIK/PR/1757 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Mr. Lamberto Zannier expresses his solidarity with the people of Haiti and all those who suffered tragic losses a year ago. On 12 January 2010, Haiti suffered a disaster of unparalleled magnitude. The earthquake that day killed…
11 Jan 11 - Update on security situation
11 January 2011 - UNAMID is currently investigating reports of the abduction of three Sudanese nationals , employed by international NGO Catholic Relief Agency , on 9 January near Manjura, a village located approximately 60 km north of El Geneina, West Darfur. In a separate incident on 9 January, a…
10 Jan 11 - Update on security situation
10 January 2011 - A UNAMID patrol to Tabit village, 37 kilometres northwest of Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur, reported exchanges of fire occurred on 7 January between government forces and SLA-Minni Minnawi in which three people are believed to have been killed. The Mission continues to investigate…