Press Releases and Statements

  • Aerial view of the capital of Sudan, Khartoum. 2018. WFP/Abeer Etefa

    UN agencies support flood response in Sudan but warn aid stocks ‘rapidly’ depleting
    01 Sep 2020 - The flooding was triggered by heavy seasonal rains, mainly in neighbouring Ethiopia, which caused the Nile River to rise to nearly 17.5 metres (roughly 57 feet) this past weekend: the highest level in 100 years, according to the authorities. ...

  • UNAMID, in collaboration with the North Darfur Committee on Women, organised an open day session on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security (file photo). UNAMID/Albert Gonzalez Farran

    Sudan: Darfur deal welcomed by UN chief as 'historic achievement'
    31 Aug 2020 - Sudan’s transitional Government initialled the deal alongside the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) and Sudan Liberation Movement–Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM), at a ceremony held in neighbouring South Sudan.    Determination, courage and commitment  "The Secretary-General congratulates...

  • Sudanese refugees flee across the border to escape Darfur violence. Twenty-three-year-old Sudanese refugee fled with her children to Kartafa in Chad in July 2020. © UNHCR/Aristophane Ngargoune

    Violence in Sudan’s Western Darfur forces 2,500 into Chad: UN refugee agency
    11 Aug 2020 - According to UNHCR, more...

  • Children collect filtered chlorinated water for drinking purpose from a UNICEF supported water point in Sudan's Blue Nile state, which has been hard hit by the recent flooding. © UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani

    Across Sudan, heavy rains and flash floods destroy houses, wash away crops – UN relief wing
    04 Aug 2020 - According to an update issued by the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (...

  • A High-Level Sudan Partnership Conference in Berlin acknowledged young people, especially women and girls, as drivers of change for a democratic, free and peaceful country. UNAMID/Amin Ismail

    $1.8 billion pledged to assist Sudan’s people on the road to peace and democracy
    25 Jun 2020 - One year after the fall of Sudan’s former longtime ruler, Omar al-Bashir, the country’s dire economic situation, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic,...

  • Demonstrators take to the streets in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum on 11 April 2019. UN Sudan/Ayman Suliman

    FROM THE FIELD: Sudanese women ready to ‘break taboos’ and run for office
    25 Jun 2020 - Much has already changed for women since the protests: laws restricting freedom of dress, movement and work were repealed, and female genital mutilation was criminalized. The transitional constitution guarantees 40 per cent representation in the parliamentary body the...
  • Security Council extends peacekeeping mission in Darfur, forges new presence in Sudan
    04 Jun 2020 - Unanimously adopting a twinset of resolutions through its silence procedure, the Council, recognizing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ...
  • The Security Council adopted resolution 2524 (2020), deciding to establish a United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) upon the adoption of this resolution and for an initial period of 12 months.

    The Security Council adopted resolution 2524 (2020), deciding to establish a United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) upon the adoption of this resolution and for an initial period of 12 months.

    UNITAMS is born
    04 Jun 2020 - The Security Council, in a 4 June videoconference meeting, decided to establish a United...

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