Sudan: In Meeting, UN and African Union Officials Flag Need for Engagement in Darfur for Further Progress

25 October 2012

The acting head of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today stressed the importance of the full engagement of the African Union (AU) in the Sudanese region to sustain progress towards peace and security.

During a meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Acting Joint Special Representative and head of UNAMID, Aïchatou Mindaoudou, and the new Chairperson of the AU Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, discussed the resurgence of armed violence in August in North Darfur state, as well as the latest developments in the overall peace process.

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