Mr President, Your Excellencies, 1. I welcome the opportunity to present my thirty-second report regarding the situation in Darfur pursuant to this Council’s Resolution 1593 and to brief you on recent developments. 2. Before doing so, I congratulate South Africa on assuming the Presidency of the Council for theContinue Reading
El-Geneina) Two children from the Pastoral community have been found dead in a ditch near Krinding IDP camp, east of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur State. Sources told Darfur 24 that the causes of the death of the two children are still unknown. The security forces rushed to theContinue Reading
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) , Fatou Bensouda, has urged the UN Security Council to persuade Sudan of the necessity to allow the court’s investigators to access the country in order to carry out tasks related to the investigation of the Darfur case without further delay. “I reiterateContinue Reading
The United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said that the clashes between the factions of the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdul Wahid Muhammad Nur, to control the gold mines, led to the displacement of more than 27 thousand people within two months. According to theContinue Reading
December 7, 2020 (Nyala) The internally displaced persons of Kalma camp, 17 kilometers east of the city of Nyala, staged a peaceful march on Monday, urging UN Security Council to reverse its decision regarding the withdrawal of UNAMID mission from Darfur. The demands of the displaced people in the campsContinue Reading
December 6, 2020 (El-Geneina) The Sudanese-Chadian joint forces said that the fighting that broke out between armed Sudanese and Chadian tribes along the border strip between the two countries had left 2 Sudanese and 3 Chadians dead. The overall commander of the Sudanese-Chadian Joint Forces confirmed that things areContinue Reading
December 3, 2020 (El-Geneina) An attack by Chadian gunmen on a village inside Sudanese territory Thursday, left one person dead and 3 others injured, including a woman and a ten-year-old child. Two days ago, the border strip between Sudan and Chad has been witnessing security tensions after two SudaneseContinue Reading
December 1, 2020 (El-Geneina) Two Sudanese shepherds were killed and others were seriously wounded Tuesday, after being shot by Chadian gunmen on the Sudanese territory. Government sources told Darfur 24 that Chadian gunmen, traveling in a Land Cruiser and motorbikes, entered Sudanese territory while following the trail of stolen camels. Darfur24Continue Reading
December 1, 2020 (Nyala) The government of South Darfur has declared a state of health emergency to confront the spread of the Coronavirus. The decision directed government and private institutions to tighten health precautionary measures and to oblige their employees to wear masks, and to provide hand washing facilities, inContinue Reading
November 30, 2020 (Khartoum) The head of Sudan Liberation Army, Minni Arko Minawi, has requested the US Chargé d’Affairs to Khartoum Brian Shawkan to extend mandate of UNAMID mission in Darfur region. Minawi met with the Chargé d’Affairs at the headquarters of the American Embassy in the suburb of SobaContinue Reading