SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudan, UNAMID reactivate joint security mechanism in Darfur

27/1/2020: Sudan Tribune - Sudan, UNAMID reactivate joint security mechanism in Darfur

Sudan Tribune reports that the Sudanese government and the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has agreed to reactivate a joint security mechanism to allow speedy security-related consultations and decisions

The agreement follows repeated looting incidents of UN assets in West, South and more recently, North Darfur.

To this end, the UNAMID head held a series of meeting with Sudan Minister of Defence and with the Assistant Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 16 January and 24 January 2020, respectively.

The joint mechanism includes UNAMID, UN Country Team, Sudan Ministry of Defence and other relevant Sudanese authorities such as the foreign ministry, the interior ministry and the intelligence service.