Darfur / UNAMID Daily Media Brief
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, January 27, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UNAMID Daily Media Brief / 2011-01-27
Update on security situation
A verification mission from Shangil Tobaya to Tabit, North Darfur, was unable to complete its mission today after the resumption of aerial bombardment in the area.
The Shangil Tobaya team site later reported that, at 1800hrs, approximately 200 Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers, on 40 vehicles, surrounded the team site’s exit as well as the adjacent makeshift camp, where thousands of civilians recently displaced by the December 2010 clashes have settled.
Four displaced persons were detained by SAF military. The SAF commander at the scene stated that they were carrying out their duties and intended to persuade the IDPs to return to their original camps. He then threatened to burn down the makeshift camp and UNAMID team site, if the peacekeepers continued to interfere. The UNAMID Blue Helmets stood their ground and the SAF troops eventually departed.
UNAMID patrols
UNAMID military conducted 102 patrols including routine, short-range, long-range, night and humanitarian escort patrols covering 62 villages and IDP camps. UNAMID police advisors conducted 121 patrols in villages and IDP camps.
SOURCE
United Nations – African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)
