UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki announced the appointment of Jeremiah Nyamane Kingsley Mamabolo of South Africa as Joint Special Representative and Head of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).
Mamabolo has been serving UNAMID as Acting Joint Special Representative since the departure of Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi of Nigeria on 4 January. Since 2016, he served the mission as Deputy Joint Special Representative for Pillar I, overseeing political, human rights and legal aspects of UNAMID’s activities.
Before his appointment as South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 2013 and 2016, Mamabolo served as High Commissioner to Nigeria in 2009. He was Deputy Director-General for African Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2006.
Mamabolo has held other senior positions, including Permanent Representative to the African Union, accredited also to Ethiopia, Sudan and Djibouti (1999-2002).
The United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is a joint African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission formally approved by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769 on 31 July 2007, to bring stability and security, and contribute to the promotion of human rights and the rule of law.
UNAMID is the second largest peacekeeping mission around the world after the UN mission in the DRC. It has more than 20,000 military soldiers, police personnel and employees of various nationalities with a budget reached $1.4 billion in 2014. 

Source: QNA