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Assistant to the President launches forum on Sustainable Peace and Development in Eastern Sudan
Kassala, April 13 (SUNA) - Assistant of the President, Musa Mohammed Ahmed, Sunday inaugurated at Osman Digna Hall in Kassala the forum Sustainable Peace and Development in Eastern Sudan, organized by the Government of Kassala State in collaboration with the UNDP on 13 -14 April...Read full story

Promoting the Rule of Law in Darfur as a UN Volunteer
El Geneina, February 2008: West Darfur is a long way from my home in North Carolina in the southern part of United States of America...Read full story

RRP Upper Nile Helps 203 Farmers Expand Production
Deng Kak has worked on the cotton and sunflower commercial farms for as long as he can remember...Read full story

Lesson on HIV/AIDS Advocacy: Kober Prison Inmate’s story
December 5, 2007: When Amir Suleiman was jailed at Kober Prison in Khartoum for bankruptcy last year, he did his best to avoid contact with the other inmates. But Amir, a 37-year-old father of three...Read full story

The First Gender Task Force in South Kordofan State:
This week the first Ministerial Gender Task Force in South Kordofan state was established. The Task Force is composed of 45 civil servants, 25 of which are women, selected from nine state ministries, .... Read full story

Three-month de-mining campaign completed:
The true extent of the problems related to landmines and Explosives Remnants of War (ERW) remains unknown in Sudan.... Read full story

UNDP responds to Floods in Sudan: Early Recovery Efforts Continue:
According to Sudanese Red Crescent assessments, the floods that had hit Sudan this year is by far the worst disaster in the last two decades.... Read full story

River Nile State Government Boosts Local Recovery and Rehabilitation Project in the region:
In mid-July 2007, the River Nile state government pledged a 30% in-kind contribution to the Recovery and Rehabilitation Programmeme (RRP) in Abu Hammed and Berber localities... Read full story

RRP Advances Modern Medical Treatment Through Keyala Healthcare Center:
Four-year-old Bosco Oliha was wrestling with his brother at home when he tumbled to the floor and fractured his leg. His father, Sarlino Oliha, carried him 15 kilometers to the Keyala healthcare center... Read full story

Volunteers continue to make a difference in Sudan:
Until Thursday December 7, 623 Sudanese girls, students of Omer Elmokhtar girls school, one of Khartoum’s oldest establishments, were crammed 50 to a classroom... Read full story

Sudanese women in joint call for greater political representation :
The Samani Hall of the prestigious Juba University in South Sudan reverberated with song and dance. More than 700 women filled the hall that has a seating capacity of only... Read full story

Puppet Shows in Southern Sudan:
In the Wonduruba market in Southern Sudan, community members paused and listened as a familiar song momentarily blocked out the sound of the every-day hustle and bustle. It was a song they'd heard before... Read full story

Student Helps Build the School He Hopes to Attend:
Secondary student Paul Zaradia spends his weekends mixing concrete, making bricks, and helping to build the school he hopes to attend in Korera village in South Kordofan. Paul, who is 16 years.... Read full story


 
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