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Darfur peace process at a ‘standstill’ as demonstrations against Sudanese Government continue

UNAMID/Saeed Salim On 20 December 2018, UNAMID officially handed over the Mission’s team site in Graida, South Darfur, to the Government of Sudan as part its ongoing reconfiguration.         25 February 2019 Peace and Security Sudan’s President Omar Bashir may have declared a country-wide “cessation of hostilities” but in the face of continuing nationwide protests against his rule, the peace process in Darfur has “once again” come to a standstill, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday. Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Bintou Keita, was briefing members on the operation of the UN-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur ( UNAMID ), conceding that it has “yet to be assessed” how recent political developments in Khartoum will impact peace in the troubled Darfur region. Against the backdrop of more than ten weeks of protests across Sudan against fuel and cash shortages, which threaten to bring an end to his

Sudan Prime Minister survives attempted assassination

UN Photo/Cia Pak Abdalla Hamdok, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Sudan, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 74th session.         9 March 2020 Peace and Security Sudan’s Prime Minister survived a reported assassination attempt in the capital Khartoum on Monday, tweeting after the incident that he was “safe and in good shape”. Briefing reporters, the  UN’s Spokesperson , Stéphane Dujarric, said UN chief  António Guterres  was “shocked and saddened” to learn of the attack, and expressed "full solidarity" with the Prime Minister and people of Sudan. The joint UN-African Union Mission in Darfur ( UNAMID ) also released a statement expressing “deep regret” at the attempted assassination. UNAMID ’s Joint Special Representative, Jeremiah Mamabolo, said “we are both deeply shocked and saddened by this serious incident. It is indicative that the perpetrator(s) of such a heinous act aims to derail t