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Demobilization of adult combatants under the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programme in Sudan kicked off today, 10 February in Ed Damazin, Blue Nile State. More

The first ex-combatant to be demobilized in this week's historic launch of Sudan's Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programme was a former member of the People's Defence Forces (PDF) named Fatima. More

UN Volunteers (UNV) Programme Executive Coordinator, Flavia Pansieri, currently on a five-day familiarization visit to the Sudan, arrived in Khartoum on 14 February. More

The release of $30 million for the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme in southern Sudan was announced earlier today in Juba at the launch of the DDR programme in the region. More

The International Day of the African Child, commemorated globally on 16 June, was celebrated in Bentiu, Unity State yesterday 14 June. More

The lives of some 120 people affected by leprosy and other disease living in Mayo area in the outskirts of Khartoum are improved by the construction of 10 pit latrines that aim to provide much needed health and hygiene access…

Nairobi, 13 July 2009 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has expressed the hope that gains made by the Somali Security forces over the weekend will allow some stability to return to Mogadishu…

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Nairobi, 20 July 2009 – Two UN compounds were looted today in Baidoa and Wajid, Somalia. Al Shabaab men entered both compounds and took UN equipment and vehicles. In Baidoa, the looting of all emergency communication…

20 July 2009 -- The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the increasing violence in West Darfur and along the Chad-Sudan borderThe Secretary-General is disturbed by reports that bombs dropped by Chadian aircraft have…