Darfur / Sudan

 

 

 

 

Darfur / Sudan

 

EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, July 2, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Daily press briefing by the office of the spokesperson for the UN secretary-general.

 

The Force Commander for the UN/African Union Mission in Darfur, (UNAMID), General Martin Luther Agwai, has continued to visit troops across Darfur.  Today General Agwai visited an Egyptian Battalion deployed in Ed Al Fursan in South Darfur.  His new Deputy, General Duma Dumisani has also been out in the field visiting the South Darfuri towns of Nyala, El Daein and Muhajeriya.

 

In the meantime, the Civil Affairs Section of UNAMID has held a one-day workshop on Social Peacebuilding in Nyala.  The key issues that were tackled included, how to solve land disputes among different groups, transitional justice, as well as how to prevent clashes between farmers and pastoralists.  The workshop was attended by civil society organizations, government officials and participants from Nyala University.

 

 

SOURCE 

United Nations – Office of the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General