Darfur / UNAMID Daily Media Brief
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, January 26, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UNAMID Daily Media Brief / 2011-01-26
Restriction of movements in South Darfur
Two UNAMID patrols from the Mission’s Graida team site, located 100 kilometers south of Nyala, South Darfur, were denied access yesterday by Sudanese Government Forces at two different check points.
The first team was travelling to Assafaya Sufa, situated 32 km northwest of Graida, when it was prevented to enter the village at a Government check point. Negotiations with the Military officers were not successful and the patrol returned safely to its base. A similar restriction affected another patrol en route to Dito village, located 41 km northeast of Graida.
UNAMID patrols
UNAMID military conducted 125 patrols including routine, short-range, long-range, night and humanitarian escort patrols covering 80 villages and IDP camps.
UNAMID police advisors conducted 133 patrols in villages and IDP camps.
SOURCE
United Nations – African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)
