18 October 2012. Zamzam: The market in Zam Zam camp for internally displaced persons, North Darfur.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

7 April 2011. El Fasher: The Rwandan community in UNAMID organized the 17th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi hold in Super Camp - RWANBATT 25 Military Camp (El Fasher). Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

26 September 2011. Um Kadada: Egyptian soldier Ahmed Mahmoud, member of the UNAMID troops posted in Um Kadada (North Darfur), patrols at night in Hali Mussa (North-West of Um Kadada).

860 troops from Egypt are posted in Um Kadada where they assume the responsibility of the security. However, since 2010, this area is free of clashes and there is no camps for displaced people. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

30 March 2011. Buru (West Darfur): Doctor Liutenant Vittaya Jiraanankul (from Thailand and based in Muhkjar) examines sick children in Buru (more than 50 km to the south of the team site in Muhkjar). Most children have serious diseases and infections due to the lack of health care in the village (the nearest clinic is 30 km away). This is the first time that many villagers see blue helmets in Buru due to difficulties of access. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

25 July 2012. Gereida: UNAMID peacekeeper Sergent Kindu Tarekegn, from Adigrat (Ethiopia), escorts a family who goes back home after all day farming the land outside Gereida (South Darfur) during the rainy season.

The area is controlled by the Government of Sudan forces. In May, the rebel movement occupied Gereida for 24 hours after a big clash that destroyed the telecommunications of the city and several buildings.

UNAMID has deployed a battalion from Ethiopia (more than 800 soldiers) that assures the protection of civilians.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

18 August 2010. EL Fasher: Women in El Fasher but originally from Kutum pray together during Ramadan. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / Unamid

18 April 2012. Abu Shouk: Small girls from Abu Shouk camp for Internal Displaced People (IDP), North Darfur, dance and sing to celebrate the opening ceremony of ten new classrooms in three primary schools in Abu Shouk camp for Internal Displaced People (North Darfur). The rooms have been built for the last five months by the UNAMID Rwandan battalion 29 as part of a Quick Impact Project (QIP).

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

2 January 2012. Kuma Garadayat: The UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative (Political), Aichatou Mindaoudou Souleymane, embraces a women leader of Kuma Garadayat (North Darfur).

Mindaoudou officially presented to the population the new UNAMID Quick Impact Project (QIT) on the construction of a new school with 14 classrooms for girls and boys, a clinic, a youth center and a women center. The execution of this project will start in one month by the Senegalese Engineering battalion based in the UNAMID team site in Korma.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

1 April 2012. El Fasher: Members of the UNAMID Military contingent from Rwanda posted in Zam Zam (North Darfur) participate at the "Lend your leg" campaign organized by UN to commemorate the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (4 April).

"Lend Your Leg" is a campaign that encourages people worldwide by a simple but symbolic gesture of rolling up a pant leg or sleeve to stop the damage land mines still cause while showing solidarity with all survivors of land mines and other explosive remnants of war."

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

25 July 2012. Gereida: Two young boys greet UNAMID peacekeepers from Ethiopia outside Gereida (South Darfur).

The area is controlled by the Government of Sudan forces. In May, the rebel movement occupied Gereida for 24 hours after a big clash that destroyed the telecommunications of the city and several buildings.

UNAMID has deployed a battalion from Ethiopia (more than 800 soldiers) that assures the protection of civilians.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

28 March 2012. Forog: A member of the rebel movement Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) - Abdul Wahid helps on the installation of a plastic water tank in Forog, located 45 kilometers North of Kutum (North Darfur).

The UNAMID peacekeepers from South Africa, based in Kutum, transported two trucks with 30,000 liters of water for the local population (9,000 people) to be able to build a clinic.

The area is controlled by the rebel movement SLA / Abdul Wahid and, according to the community leaders, there is a serious lack of water.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID - www.albertgonzalez.net

27 September 2011. Um Kadada: A UNAMID Egyptian soldier posted in Um Kadada (North Darfur) working at night in his position at the strong points of the fence of the team site.

860 troops from Egypt are posted in Um Kadada where they assume the responsibility of the security. However, since 2010, this area is free of clashes and there is no camps for displaced people. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

14 July 2011. Sehjanna: Returned families arrive to their original village and greet their relatives. More than 200 displaced families (about 800 people) are returning from Aramba to their original village, Sehjanna (100 kilometers distance).After more than seven years in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Aramba (near Kabkabiya, North Darfur) they decided to participate at this voluntary repatriation program organized by UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission, with the logistical support of UNAMID. The families are farmers who fled their original village in Sehjanna (near Kutum, North Darfur) due to the conflict in Darfur.

The return operation started on Sunday 10 July and will continue for the next days. The returnees are transported by buses and their belongings by trucks for about 10 hours. During the trip, the Rwandan and South African UNAMID troops are escorting the returnees, who are also provided with water jerry cans. World Food Program will provide the returnees with food for the first six months.

This is the largest returnee operation organized in North Darfur for the last years.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

29 March 2011. Muhkjar: Peacekeepers from Thailand on patrol at the camp for refugees from Center African Republic (CAR) in Muhkjar (West Darfur). Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

09 October 2012. El Daein: A UNAMID peacekeeper from Nigeria foot patroling at night around the UNAMID team site in El Daein, East Darfur. The company patrol from midnight up to the sunrise to control the security of the base.

Nigeria has a battalion (860 soldiers) deployed in El Daein that are tasked with providing security in the area.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

30 March 2011. Buru (West Darfur): A sick children in Buru with a serious eyes infection attended by UNAMID peacekeepers from Thailand. Buru is located more than 50 km south of Muhkjar, where a contingent of peacekeerpers from Thailandia are based. This is the first time that many villagers see blue helmets in Buru due to difficulties of access. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

26 January 2012. El Fasher: Builder Hamada Suleiman Khater, working on the construction of a new house in Amsijera area, in El Fasher (North Darfur).

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

8 March 2012. Kutum: Celebrations of the International Women's Day in Kutum.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

19 May 2011. Kuma Garadayat: FAO officers conduct a medical treatment for animals (horses, donkeys, sheep and goats) against the worm bactery in Kuma Garadayat (North Darfur). FAO transported more than 5,000 treatments to this village in order to prevent this disease, very common during the rainy season (that starts in July).

UN agencies OCHA, UNHCR and FAO participated in a new operation in Kuma Garadayat (North Darfur) conducted by UNAMID to secure access to remote, conflict-affected areas. Dubbed “Operation Spring Basket,” UNAMID along with the Office for Humanitarian Coordination and UN humanitarian agencies, are conducting a series of operations to assess and bring aid to areas which have been inaccessible due to conflict, for months if not years.

Kuma Garadayat is a village located in North Darfur controlled by members of SLA-Free Will faction, a signatory of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

11 December 2012. Kabkabiya: A member of the Rwandan Battalion 32, based in Kabkabiya UNAMID team site, North Darfur, works at the security fence at the base.

Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.

08 October 2012. El Daein: A child receives a vaccination against the meningitis at the community center in Al Neem camp for Internally Displaced People in El Daein, East Darfur.

A massive vaccination campaign, organized by the Governement of Sudan and the World Health Organization (WHO) against meningococcal A meningitis started this month targeting 16.9 million children and adults, ranging from 1 to 29 years, in all Darfur states, Blue Nile, Khartoum, Gezira, Sennar and Gedaref. The rest of Sudan will be vaccinated during the first quarter of 2013.

The vaccine protects children as young as one year of age and young adults, and confers immunity that may last a decade. It reduces transmission and contributes to herd immunity, meaning that even people who were not vaccinated receive some protection.

WHO estimates that the vaccine is expected to reduce cases of meningitis A between 80% and 85%, and this is valid for Sudan as well, and will save nearly 150 000 young lives in the Meningitis belt countries by 2015.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

29 September 2010. El Fasher: Unamid Clean Up and Environmental Awereness Campaign. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / Unamid

25 July 2012. Gereida: UNAMID troops from Ethiopia based in Gereida (South Darfur) patrol forested areas to protect women collecting firewood against robberies, rapes and any other perpetrations.

The area is controlled by the Government of Sudan forces. In May, the rebel movement occupied Gereida for 24 hours after a big clash that destroyed the telecommunications of the city and several buildings.

UNAMID has deployed a battalion from Ethiopia (more than 800 soldiers) that assures the protection of civilians.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

22 May 2012. Khartoum: Minister of Interior of Sudan, Ibrahim Mahmoud, at the opening session of the Regional Conference of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Khartoum, Sudan.

The main objective of this conference is to enhance coordination efforts on small arms control among Sudan’s neighboring countries including Libya, the Central African Republic, Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and to strengthen security and stability in border areas, and promote sustainable peace and social and economic development in the region.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

27 May 20012. El Fasher: Two UNAMID peacekeepers from Egypt and Gambia pose with the African Union and the United Nations flags at the UNAMID headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

08 October 2012. El Daein: A UNAMID peacekeeper from Nigeria reads the Bible during a religious service at the Cristian Protestant church at the UNAMID base in El Daein, East Darfur.

Nigeria has a battalion (860 soldiers) deployed in El Daein that are tasked with providing security in the area.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

11 October 2011. El Fasher: Samir Mohamed Salim, 14 years old, from Al Najah school for boys and member of Girls and Boy Scouts of El Fasher. He is one of the 30 selected winners of the project Eyes of Darfur in El Fasher (among 700 participants and 15,000 photographs). Samir, who wants to be engineer of aviation, took a photo of a relative playing at home. Title of photo: SPORT FOR ALL. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

3 November 2011. Dar El Salaam: UNAMID in collaboration with the North Darfur Committee on Women organizes an open day session on the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security in Dar El Salaam, North Darfur. The purpose of the activity was to discuss the progress made in the State with regards to women’s issues.

The forum, which was attended by 80 participants including Government representatives, women leaders and UNAMID officials, identified the possible impact of the resolution on daily life and key areas including protection, women’s rights, participation in the peace process, training for midwives and socio-economic empowerment.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

11 December 2012. Kabkabiya: A teacher doing classes in one of the old rooms in poor conditions of the Nuru Salam Basic School for Boys in Kabkabiya, North Darfur. The UNAMID Rwandan Battalion 31 built 4 new classes for the center as a Quick Impact Project in 2011.

This school has 2,700 students (mostly residents in camps for Internally Displaced Persons) and 23 teachers. Many students don't have proper conditions to take classes yet and more concret buildings are needed. Most of the classes are currently attended by over 100 students each and there is no chairs and tables for everyone.

Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.

14 July 2011. Kabkabiya: UNAMID Rwandan troops escorting returnees. 14 July 2011. Aramba (Kabkabiya): Families are accomodated in buses right before the departure. More than 200 displaced families (about 800 people) are returning from Aramba to their original village, Sehjanna (100 kilometers distance).After more than seven years in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Aramba (near Kabkabiya, North Darfur) they decided to participate at this voluntary repatriation program organized by UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission, with the logistical support of UNAMID. The families are farmers who fled their original village in Sehjanna (near Kutum, North Darfur) due to the conflict in Darfur.

The return operation started on Sunday 10 July and will continue for the next days. The returnees are transported by buses and their belongings by trucks for about 10 hours. During the trip, the Rwandan and South African UNAMID troops are escorting the returnees, who are also provided with water jerry cans. World Food Program will provide the returnees with food for the first six months.

This is the largest returnee operation organized in North Darfur for the last years.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

2 August 2012. El Fasher: UNAMID peacekeepers, Formed Police Unite (FPU) members from Indonesia, perform their evening prayers for Ramadan in the mosque at the base in UNAMID headquarters in El Fasher (North Darfur).

Indonesia has around 150 FPU policemen deployed in Darfur to provide escort and security to UNAMID, UN agencies and any other aid organization, as to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Abu Shouk and Zam Zam camps.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

07 October 2012. El Daein: A representative of the female community of El Daein, East Darfur, participates at the cleaning exercise at the college campus of the University. UNAMID Military, FPU, Civilian personnel, Civilian Police, language assistances, GoS military and police, women representatives, college students, teachers and other parts of the local community participated in this activity.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

03 October 2012. El Geneina: A UNAMID peacekepeer recovers at the UNAMID hospital in El Geneina from the injures that he suffered in an ambush yesterday night.

Four peacekeepers were killed and eight injured in this ambush by unidentified assailants.

The incident, which involved a Nigerian military patrol, occurred approximately two kilometers from the Mission's regional headquarters.

UNAMID personnel, who were heavily fired upon from several directions, returned fire.

Photo By - Albert González Farran - UNAMID

30 March 2011. Buru (West Darfur): A sick children in Buru with a serious eyes infection attended by UNAMID peacekeepers from Thailandia. Buru is located more than 50 km south of Muhkjar, where a contingent of peacekeerpers from Thailand are based. This is the first time that many villagers see blue helmets in Buru due to difficulties of access. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

7 December 2010. Nyala:

After months of preparations, 1,500 residents of Kalma camp (in Nyala, South Darfur) for internally displaced persons (IDPs) began to return to their homes of origin in West Darfur. This is the first government owned operation with the assistance of UN Agencies in the area.

The IDPs will return to Tandusa, Andi, Gido, Sullu and Urum villages in West Darfur located about 90 and 150 kilometers south of El Geneina town.

United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) distributed non food items including blankets, jerricans and sleeping mats to each household to use on the journey. The World Health Organization (WHO) in coordination with the Ministry of Health conducted medical screening to all residents scheduled to travel to check their fitness level.

The first 84 IDPs left Nyala for Tandusa village on Sunday 5 December and on Tuesday 7 December 270 Individuals more departed for Andi and Gido villages. The exercise is expected to conclude on Sunday 12 December. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

Aquesta creu de terme data del segle XIV, està situada a la Plaça del Sitjar, abans es trobava a la sortida de la localitat.

Hi veiem representats, en una cara la figura del Crist Redemptor i en l'altra la figura de Maria, envoltada d'àngels, tenint les puntes de la creu unides per ornaments entrellaçats.

La llanterna està formada per un fris amb vuit capelletes amb diferents sants a cada una d'elles, entre els quals es pot identificar a sant Miquel, sant Joan, sant Roc i sant Pere.

Totes aquestes figures estan ornamentades amb dosserets que dibuixen petites columnes, llaçades, creus, etc. i recolzades sobre una cornisa decorada amb àngels, escuts i motius geomètrics.

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Esta cruz de término data del siglo XIV, está situada en la Plaza del Sitjar, antes se encontraba a la salida de la localidad.

Vemos representados, en una cara la figura del Cristo Redentor y en la otra la figura de María, rodeada de ángeles, teniendo las puntas de la cruz unidas por ornamentos entrelazados.

La linterna está formada por un friso con ocho capillas con diferentes santos a cada una de ellas, entre los que se puede identificar a san Miguel, san Juan, san Roque y san Pedro.

Todas estas figuras están ornamentadas con "dosserets" que dibujan pequeñas columnas, lazadas, cruces, etc. y apoyadas sobre una cornisa decorada con ángeles, escudos y motivos geométricos.

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8 December 2012. El Fasher: Men from Houza tribe gathering in the the western area of El Fasher, North Darfur.

Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.

18 October 2010. Shangle Tubaya: Shaddad IDP Camp. Almost 45,000 people live in this IDP Camp from different tribes (Fur, Zagawa, Tunjuru, Mima, Tama, Arabs...). The lack of food and water is the main concern. In the picture, Fatma Ali Hadi (28 years old), originally from Tawilla. She has 10 children (three of them twins: Rufeida, Marua and Safa Babikir Ibrahim, 2,5 years) and she has not enough food for the whole family. Her husband has other 2 wives. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

08 October 2012. El Daein: Maria Adam Mohamed, from Falata tribe, works in her bakery in Al Neem camp for Internally Displaced Persons in El Daein, East Darfur. She runs this business because she recently lost her husband. There are 102,000 IDPs with more than 30 different tribes, mostly from Birgit tribe. The camp is commanded by the High Committee, formed by 30 members who each one chairs and represents other 30 committees (health, youth, education, women, finance...).

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

2 August 2012. El Fasher: UNAMID peacekeepers, Formed Police Unite (FPU) members from Indonesia, work out at the gym in UNAMID headquarters in El Fasher (North Darfur).

Indonesia has around 150 FPU policemen deployed in Darfur to provide escort and security to UNAMID, UN agencies and any other aid organization, as to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Abu Shouk and Zam Zam camps.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

5 August 2012. El Fasher: UNAMID peacekeeper first sergeant Bahari of the Indonesia's Formed Police Unite (FPU) arrives at the UNAMID CPC (Community Policing Center) in Abu Shouk camp for Internally Displaced Persons (North Darfur) during a morning patrol.

Indonesia has around 150 FPU policemen deployed in Darfur to provide escort and security to UNAMID, UN agencies and any other aid organization, as to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Abu Shouk and Zam Zam camps.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

1 April 2012. El Fasher: Members of the UNAMID Military contingent from Rwanda posted in Zam Zam (North Darfur) participate at the "Lend your leg" campaign organized by UN to commemorate the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (4 April).

"Lend Your Leg" is a campaign that encourages people worldwide by a simple but symbolic gesture of rolling up a pant leg or sleeve to stop the damage land mines still cause while showing solidarity with all survivors of land mines and other explosive remnants of war."

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

1 June 2011, Nyala: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

Former members of the Popular Defense Force (PDF), as more than 1,000 ex- combatants (army and rebel members) of the Darfur conflict participate in a reintegration program held at the National Service Camp in Nyala (South Darfur). The initiative is organized by the North Sudan DDR (Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration) Commission with the support of UNAMID.

The opening ceremony was on 22 May and the activities will continue until 5 June, 2011.

The program provides former combatants (already disarmed) with financial assistance (in the amount of 800 Sudanese pounds), technical support, medical examinations (HIV tests included) and advisory services to restart their life as civilians.

The Popular Defense Force (PDF), formed in 1989 as a dedicated Islamist militia, was the main instrument for mobilization in Darfur, sending tens of thousands of Darfurians to fight against southern rebels. In most parts of Sudan today, the PDF is an inactive reserve force to the regular army.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID

25 July 2011. Kodiel: Distribution of 40,000 liters of water among the local community in El Srief (North Darfur), that includes Shiero, Metwier, Eata Ibrahim, Ahmed, Ali and Kodiel villages. The nearest water point is 15 kilometers away and the women have to spend 6 hours a day to collect the water for their families. Due to the drought, the community leaders report that the lack of water is severe in the area and it specially affects children and sick people.

This water distribution was part of a DDR (Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration) outreach activity, organized by UNAMID, with the support of UNDP, UNICEF, North Sudan DDR Commission and the local NGO Friends of Peace and Development Organization (FPDO). The DDR activity promoted messages of disarmament and security arm control among the population, historically controlled by SLA / Free Will faction and currently with few individual armed actions. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID.

1 August 2012. Kuma Garadayat: Boys from Kuma Garadayat (North Darfur) perform a song during the inauguration of six development projects in the locality - commonly known as Quick Impact Projects -, implemented by UNAMID in the areas of education, sanitation, health, community development and women empowerment. The projects (a clinic, a women center and several schools) have been executed by UNAMID peacekeepers from Senegal.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

31 October 2011. El Fasher: Buthaina with her baby born yesterday at El Fasher Women's Hospital (North Darfur, Sudan).

United Nations marked the world's population reaching 7 billion today 31 October. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in his message: “Some say our planet is too crowded. I say we are seven billion strong.

Sudan’s population reaches 33 million persons, with approximately 6 million living in Darfur’s three states.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

17 November 2011. El Fasher: Matar Abdallah Adam, 19 years old, blind and member of the center of the Sudanese Association for Disabled People in El Fasher. The organization takes care of all disabled people in Darfur.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID

3 December 2012. El Daein: Members of the Rezeigat tribe in El Daein, East Darfur, perform dances and songs to welcome the arrival of a UNAMID delegation at the airport.

The UNAMID deputy Joint Special Representative, Mohamed Yonis, led the official handover of 300 beds to the El Daein hospital.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

09 October 2012. El Daein: A UNAMID peacekeeper from Nigeria escorting a water point in El Daein, East Darfur. The troops have to travel twice a day to the local borehole to collect water for the team site.

Nigeria has a battalion (860 soldiers) deployed in El Daein that are tasked with providing security in the area.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID

2 August 2012. El Fasher: UNAMID peacekeepers, Formed Police Unite (FPU) members from Indonesia, change their uniforms at the base in UNAMID headquarters in El Fasher (North Darfur) after an evening patrol.

Indonesia has around 150 FPU policemen deployed in Darfur to provide escort and security to UNAMID, UN agencies and any other aid organization, as to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Abu Shouk and Zam Zam camps.

Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID