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19 February 2008 -- "The Secretary-General is extremely concerned by the renewed violence in West Darfur, and notes in particular that the bombing on 18-19 February of Aro Sharow, a camp for internally displaced persons which…

14 February 2008 -- The Secretary-General is pleased to announce that the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the United Nations/African Union and the Government of Sudan was signed by Joint Special Representative Adada…

15 February 2008 –Senior international police trainers will gather in Ghana next week to coordinate plans to run pre-deployment training for the thousands of United Nations police – the largest-ever UN Police contingent –…

9 February 2008 -- "It is with great concern that I have been watching developments in Western Darfur, where in the past 36 hours attacks on villages by Government forces have resulted in deaths and significant population…

9 February 2008 -- The signing ceremony of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the Government of the Sudan (GoS) and the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was held today, 9 February 2008 in…

8 February 2008 --- "It is with great concern that I have received reports of attacks today by Government forces against villages to the north of Al Geneina in Western Darfur. Many houses in the village of Abu Souruj have…

5 February 2008 –With the crisis in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region continuing, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed for more troops and vital equipment to support the critically under-strength joint UN-African Union…

04 February, 2007-- El Fasher / N. Darfur – The Nigerian government has been commended for its display of high level support and commitment to the UN-AU hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). UNAMID’s Joint Special Representative…

El Fasher, Thursday, 7 February 2008 -- The United Nations-African Union Joint Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur, Mr. Rodolphe Adada has expressed his appreciation to the Government of the Netherlands for its political…

30 January 2008 –Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir have agreed on the need to accelerate the deployment of the hybrid United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) to the war…