Daily News: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
 
Bloomberg: Obama's Win Raises Expectations of Poor, Minorities (Update1). Barack Obama's election as the first black U.S. president was feted worldwide as the ultimate breakthrough for minorities, the poor and the dispossessed, buttressing faith in American democracy and upward mobility. Abdellatif El-Boni, a political science professor at Omdurman University in Sudan , said "Obamism" could inspire a mood of reconciliation in places like Sudan 's strife-torn Darfur region, where as many as 300,000 people have been killed and close to 3 million forced from their homes.

Daily Press Briefing

UNITED NATIONS
The noon briefing included the following report:

UNAMID DELIVERS MORE EQUIPMENT TO DARFUR
-The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reports that UNAMID police undertook yesterday their ninth convoy from the UN Logistics Base in El Obeid to Darfur to bring much needed equipment and vehicles to the mission area.
 
-The convoy comprised 39 vehicles, including seven trucks of contingent-owned equipment and three trucks of humanitarian relief.
 
-The 900-kilometer journey took place over some of the worst terrain in the region, particularly during the rainy season.
 
-The mission says these convoys are also an opportunity for UNAMID police to make contact with the local population along the route, as well as develop better working relations with the local police.