Sudan rejects joint report over situation in Darfur

Sudan's government accused the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on Sunday of providing false information to the UN Security Council (UNSC) about the status in Darfur.

Sudan's Foreign Ministry summoned UNAMID chief, Martin Uhomoibh, to question him about a joint report by the UN and the African Union (AU) concerning the situation in Darfur on Sunday. The report was submitted to the UNSC with a recommendation to extend the UNAMID mandate until June of next year.

"The report submitted by UNAMID contained false information and tarnished the image of the humanitarian, security and social status in Darfur, in clear contradiction with last month's report which was prepared by a joint task force comprised of Sudan's government, the UN and the AU," said Sudan's foreign ministry in a statement.

The statement restated the improved security and humanitarian situation and the end of rebellion in Darfur, providing testimony from the joint team.

"Sudan considers the tripartite team's report as a reference when dealing with UNAMID, as the report was the outcome of joint effort between Sudan, the UN and the AU, following field visits to Darfur's States which lasted for ten days," said Abdul-Ghani Al-Naeem, under-secretary of Sudan's foreign ministry, in the statement.

In February 2015, the Sudanese government, the UN and the AU formed a joint task force to prepare an exit strategy for UNAMID out of Darfur.

Khartoum seems to insist on a smooth exit strategy for the mission out of the region.

The UNAMID is the world's second largest peacekeeping mission, consisting of over 20,000 military, police and civilian personnel and its budget was 1.4 million U.S. dollars in 2013. Endit