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Residents worry as UN’s Darfur mission wraps up AFP, NYALA, Sudan The UN and the African Union on Thursday ended a 13-year mission to keep the peace in the vast Sudanese region of Darfur, even as recent violent clashes leave residents fearful of renewed fighting. Fighting erupted in Darfur in 2003, when ethnic minority rebels rose up against the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum, which responded by recruiting and arming Arab-dominated militia known as the Janjaweed. About 300,000 people were killed and 2.5 million displaced, UN data show. People protest against the end of the UN-African...

Worries mount as peacekeeping mission ends mission in Darfur “The last day for UNAMID is tonight at midnight,” said UNAMID’s team leader in Darfur office Islam Khan. Wednesday 30/12/2020 Sudanese internally displaced people protest against the end of the mandate of UNAMID, in Kalma camp in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, on December 30, 2020. (AFP) NYALA, SUDAN – The United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur is set to end 13 years of peacekeeping in the vast Sudanese region on Thursday, even as recent violent clashes leave residents fearful of new conflict. Fighting erupted...

Channels Television   Updated December 31, 2020 Sudanese children walk past an armoured vehicle of the United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) in Kalma Camp for internally displaced people in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, on December 30, 2020.   The United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur is set to end 13 years of peacekeeping in the vast Sudanese region on Thursday, even as recent violent clashes leave residents fearful of new conflict. Fighting erupted in Darfur in 2003, when ethnic minority rebels rose up against the Arab-dominated government in Kharto...

The United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur is set to end 13 years of peacekeeping in the vast Sudanese region on Thursday, even as recent violent clashes leave residents fearful of new conflict. Fighting erupted in Darfur in 2003, when ethnic minority rebels rose up against the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum, which responded by recruiting and arming notorious Arab-dominated militia known as the Janjaweed. A total of 300,000 people were killed and 2.5 million displaced, according to the United Nations. "The last day for UNAMID is tonight at midnight," said UNAMID's team leader i...