El Fasher, 16 December 2008 -- The first batch of the main body of the Ethiopian Infantry Battalion, consisting of 107 personnel, arrived today in El Geneina, West Darfur. The remaining 412 personnel are scheduled to arrive between 17-19 December. The new peacekeepers will be joining 341 Ethiopian peacekeepers already deployed in Kulbus, West Darfur, bringing the total number of the Ethiopian Infantry battalion to 860.

El Fasher, 16 December -- A two-day workshop on transitional justice conducted by the African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) began today at the Mission’s headquarters in El Fasher.

11 December 2008 – Unidentified gunmen have shot dead the traditional leader of a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region, the latest in a series of attacks on the 2.7 million people uprooted by over five years of fighting between the Government and rebels.