Sudan / Security situation in Darfur is relatively calm
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, March 27, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Daily press briefing by the office of the spokesperson for the UN secretary-general
Still on Sudan, the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) today assisted in airlifting exam materials to remote secondary schools located across North Darfur. Three helicopter flights distributed exam papers to nine locations around the state. This is the second such airlift that UNAMID has conducted for the 2009 certificate examinations, which are being held across Sudan and are scheduled to start on 30 March.
UNAMID reports that the security situation in Darfur is relatively calm, with few incidents of banditry activities.
Meanwhile, the ongoing disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process in Sudan marked another milestone on Tuesday, when the reintegration component of the programme started in Ed Damazin, in Blue Nile State.
SOURCE : United Nations – Office of the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General
