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Left to right, Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, Sudan’s State Minister at the Presidency, Amin Hassan Omer, Head of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), General Mohamed Bashar Ahmed, the UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative, Aichatou Mindaoudou…

The fifth meeting of the Implementation Follow-up Commission (IFC) was held today in Doha, Qatar, to review the progress made so far in the implementation of the provisions of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), and to address issues of concern. The meeting considered the report presented…

Preamble We, the Participants in the International Donor Conference for Reconstruction and Development in Darfur, hosted by the State of Qatar on 7-­-8 April 2013: -­- Affirm that the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) is the main framework or the overall peace process in Darfur; and

We, the Participants in the International Donor Conference for Reconstruction and Development in Darfur, hosted by the State of Qatar on 7-­-8 April 2013: Affirm that the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) is the main framework for the overall peace process in Darfur; and

In the early morning of 6 April 2013, members of the Sudan Liberation Army / Minni Minawi attacked and seized the towns of Muhajeria and Labado, East Darfur State. Three wounded civilians, including one African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) national staffer, were treated at the…

Addis Ababa, 16 April 2013 – Concerns over an increase in the number of security incidents in Darfur and access by peacekeepers of the African Union – United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) to those areas most affected by conflict were the primary focus of discussion of the 15th meeting of the…

A clinic in Labado completely burnt after the clashes. Photo by Albert González Farran El Fasher, 16 April 2013 - The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) received reports informing that this morning the Sudanese Armed Forces, supported by the Popular Defense Forces and another…

UNAMID Chief meets with Sudanese Minister of Interior, calls for humanitarian access to Muhajeria and Labado: Khartoum, 18 April 2013 – As part of his meetings with senior Sudanese officials and Darfurian authorities, the Joint Special Representative (JSR) of the African Union – United Nations…

El Fasher, 19 April 2013 - In the early morning hours of 19 April, one peacekeeper of the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was shot dead and two others injured in an attack by unidentified assailants on the Mission’s team site near Muhajeria, East Darfur State. UNAMID is…

El Fasher, 24 April 2013 – The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and its humanitarian partners delivered nearly 80,000 kilograms of critical humanitarian aid to thousands of displaced civilians in Labado and Muhajeria, East Darfur. The first phase of the operation, conducted…

In a seven-day thobe exhibition in El Fasher, North Darfur, a local designer displays her work, which is influenced by both traditional and contemporary Sudanese fashion. By Ala Mayyahi To display more than 50 Sudanese thobes made of fine fabrics and designed in both contemporary and traditional…

Across Darfur, in remote areas far removed from the government’s court system, traditional conflict-resolution mechanisms are making a comeback. By Emadeldin Ali Rijal Through a series of meetings, representatives of the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) have been working…