SUDAN: Natural resource management tops UN agenda
GENEVA, 21 November 2008 (IRIN) - As part of the UN's US$2.2 billion humanitarian appeal for Sudan, officials said their agencies would work to better manage natural resources in the African nation in the upcoming year.
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SUDAN: Southern women march for end to GBV
BOR, 17 November 2008 (IRIN) - Women marched through the Southern Sudanese town of Bor recently to highlight an important message: “Treat women with respect”."Bring an end to violence against women, and let women contribute to develop the nation," said some 100 women parading through the capital of the vast and swampy eastern Jonglei state.
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SUDAN: Cautious optimism over Darfur ceasefire call
KHARTOUM, 13 November 2008 (IRIN) - The Sudanese government’s announcement of a ceasefire in Darfur would not alone solve a crisis that has lasted nearly six years and left hundreds of thousands of people dead - but it offered a glimmer of hope, analysts said.
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SUDAN: More young southerners returning home - report
NAIROBI, 27 October 2008 (IRIN) - More than half of the families returning to Southern Sudan are headed by single women while 59 percent of all returnees are aged 5 to 17, a new report said.
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SUDAN: Rising animosity in central state could fuel conflict
NAIROBI, 27 October 2008 (IRIN) - A devastating conflict could erupt in the central Sudanese state of Southern Kordofan unless long-standing grievances are urgently addressed, a think-tank has warned.
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SUDAN: Adam - “They shot me in the back”
ZAMZAM, 22 October 2008 (IRIN) - Adam, who prefers to be known by this one name, is an internally displaced person (IDP) in an IDP camp in Zamzam, North Darfur. He fled there from his village of Um Hashaba in the same province in 2003, hoping finally to find safety. But last month, even this sanctuary was violated.
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SUDAN: LRA rebels put Congo civilians to flight
YAMBIO, 22 October 2008 (IRIN) - The recent attack on Dungu town in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo by the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) occurred on a quiet morning, displaced civilians said.
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SUDAN: Plight of Darfur's displaced worse than ever
TAWILA, 21 October 2008 (IRIN) - As Sudan lobbies the international community for support in its fight to ward off looming charges of genocide against its president, arguing they would endanger the "great strides" the government is making towards peace, people displaced by more than five years of fighting in Darfur tell a different story.
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SUDAN: Preparing for massive demobilisation
KHARTOUM, 21 October 2008 (IRIN) - Sudan is planning to disarm, demobilise and re-integrate over 180,000 soldiers into civilian life, but the ambitious scheme to rebuild war-shattered communities could raise false expectations, observers warn.
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SUDAN: Darfur peacekeepers offer no protection – IDPs
DALI, 20 October 2008 (IRIN) - It is an ordinary morning at the water pump in Dali town, North Darfur. Children splash around in the water; women argue over whose turn is next. An armoured personnel carrier makes its way through the sand, six other UN vehicles following closely behind.\
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