Ibrahim Gambari

Name: Ibrahim Agboola Gambari

Born: 24 November 1944 in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

Background: Gambari resigned from his position as the Chairperson of the African Union Commission as Joint African Union-United Nations Special Representative for Darfur in August 2012. He was appointed in January 2010 replacing Djibril Bassolé who went on to be the foreign minister of Burkina Faso.

Career: Nigerian Minister for External Affairs, 1984-1985; Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, 1990–1999; Chairman of the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, 1990–1999; President of the Executive Board of UNICEF, 1999; Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Special Adviser on Africa, 2000–2005; Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Department of Political Affairs, 2005–2007; Chairperson of the African Union Commission as Joint African Union-United Nations Special Representative for Darfur, 1 January 2010-31 July 2012.

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JEM rebels call on Gambari to step down over North-Darfur incident
Tuesday 3 April 2012
April 2, 2012 (LONDON) — The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has called on the head of the African Union / United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) to resign after the death of several people in an incident of local unrest (...)
Qatar urges international financial support to peace in Darfur
Tuesday 29 May 2012
May 28, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Qatar urged the international community to provide the necessary financial support to implement a peace agreement the Sudanese government signed last year with a former rebel group in Darfur. Qatari Deputy (...)
SLM rebels deny taking part in Heglig fighting, say regime change is the solution
Friday 13 April 2012
April 13, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdel Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW) has called on the international community to support the efforts of a rebel coalition, Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), to overthrow Khartoum’s (...)
UNAMID’s Gambari is not eligible to mediate for peace in Darfur – JEM leader
Sunday 19 February 2012
February 18, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The newly elected leader of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Gibril Ibrahim told a British special envoy to Sudan that Ibrahim Gambari the head of the UN-AU peacekeeping mission is not (...)
JSR Gambari holds series of meetings on Darfur in Addis Ababa
Sunday 31 January 2010
January 30, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – One week after his arrival to Sudan on January 22, the newly appointed Joint Special Representative (JSR) for UNAMID, Ibrahim Gambari, held a series of meetings on the sideline of the 14th African Union (...)
Recent surge of violence impedes UNAMID patrols in Darfur - Gambari
Saturday 31 December 2011
December 30, 2011 (KHARTOUM) — The African Union and United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said Sudanese government restricted the movement of its patrols due the recent surge of clashes in the region. The hybrid (...)
UNAMID chief seeks to enlist Juba’s help to promote Darfur peace accord
Wednesday 22 February 2012
February 21, 2012 (JUBA) – The head of the African Union–United Nations mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Ibrahim Gambari met today with South Sudan President Salva Kiir to discuss with him ways to strengthen of the Darfur peace accord signed (...)
UNAMID’s Gambari rejects criticisms for his encounter with Sudan’s Bashir
Wednesday 15 February 2012
February 14, 2012 (KHARTOUM) —The head of the hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Ibrahim Gambari, rejected recent criticisms directed against him for an encounter with the (...)
Two wounded in a fresh attack against Darfur peacekeepers
Sunday 26 February 2012
February 25, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – In a new attack against the joint African Union and United Nations peacekeeping operation in Darfur - known as (UNAMID) - on Saturday, two police officers were wounded in East Darfur state by unknown (...)
WFP worker released in Darfur after three months of abduction
Thursday 31 May 2012
May 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – An international aid worker was released Wednesday after around three months of detention in South Darfur state where he was abducted by unidentified gunmen. British aid worker Patrick Noonan (C) arrives at (...)

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