{"id":3467,"date":"2020-12-22T22:09:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T22:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=142437"},"modified":"2020-12-22T22:09:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T22:09:11","slug":"new-sudan-government-acceptable-to-the-people-paves-way-for-unamid-drawdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/22\/new-sudan-government-acceptable-to-the-people-paves-way-for-unamid-drawdown\/","title":{"rendered":"New Sudan government \u2018acceptable to the people\u2019 paves way for UNAMID drawdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Security Council<\/a> on Tuesday voted to end the hybrid UN-African Union civilian support operation for Darfur,\u00a0UNAMID<\/a>, beginning the drawdown on 1 January.<\/p>\n It marks the end of a force that can withdraw, knowing that government is now \u201cin the right hands\u201d, according to the UN Joint Special Representative,\u00a0Jeremiah Mamabolo<\/a>, although as he tells UN News in this exclusive interview it does not mean the UN is leaving.<\/p>\n Mr. Mamabolo begin by telling Abdelmonem Makki of our UN News Arabic team and a Darfuri himself, what UNAMID<\/a> had achieved since 2007, beyond fulfilling its core mandate of keeping civilians safe.<\/p>\n\n