Darfur24-Khartoum Mr. Volker Peretz has officially assumed his duties as the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Sudan and head of the United Nations Integrated Mission to Support the Transition in Sudan UNITAMS, upon his arrival in Khartoum on Tuesday. Upon arrival, Mr. Peretz was received by Ambassador OmarContinue Reading
Darfur24-El-Geneina Over 97,000 people have been displaced from villages in the vicinity of El-Geneina , West Darfur , taking shelter in government institutions in downtown El-Genena. The new wave of displacement was triggered by the recent tribal fighting between Arabs and non-Arab tribes that left nearly 130 people dead andContinue Reading
Darfur24-Agencies The UN Security Council failed to reach an agreement on the situation in Sudan’s Darfur region after long deliberations among the 15-memeber body On Thursday, the UN Security Council held a closed meeting to discuss the recent bloody clashes in Darfur region, but it failed to reach anContinue Reading
UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Babacar Cisse, condemned the recent killing of three aid workers, one of them with his family, in the context of inter-communal violence in West Darfur. He also expressed grave concern over the escalation of violence in West Darfur, and urged all concerned to stopContinue Reading
According to Agence France-Presse, the UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow, Thursday to discuss the situation in the Darfur region, western Sudan. The UN security council meeting comes at the backdrop of the recent tribal violence between Arab and non-Arab tribes, in Sudan’s Darfur region in whichContinue Reading
Darfur24-Khartoum The United Nations Secretary-General expressed his deep concern about the tribal violence in West Darfur State, which took place on Saturday, between Arab and Masalit tribes, and led to the deaths of about 100 people and dozens of injuries. According to a statement attributed to Stefan Dujarric, spokesman forContinue Reading
nternational support for Sudan is critical as the country continues on the path to democratic transition, amid challenges that include political disagreements, economic decline, and the COVID-19 pandemic, UN political affairs chief, Rosemary DiCarlo told a virtual meeting of the Security Council on Tuesday. Ambassadors were updated on developmentsContinue Reading
November 11, 2020 (Khartoum) the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, said that he held a historic meeting with his Sudanese counterpart Omar Siddiq, in order to “translate peace between the two countries into action”. In a tweet, the Israeli ambassador said Wednesday, “We will start cooperating togetherContinue Reading
September 20, 2020 (Khartoum) The Resident Representative of the United Nations Program in Sudan, Silva Ramachandran, called for the establishment of a national solar energy fund in which money would be collected from the government and donors so that Sudan could benefit from renewable energy at reasonable prices. In aContinue Reading
September 15, 2020(Khartoum) The United Nations has revealed that the number of people affected by the rain and floods in Sudan has risen to more than 600,000 people, according to the Humanitarian Aid Commission. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), in its weekly report, saidContinue Reading