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Peace and Security

Sudan: Horrific violations and abuses as fighting spreads - report

Sudan: New UN report details horrific violations and abuses by both sides as fighting spreads.
Hundreds of newly arrived Sudanese refugees gather to receive UNHCR relief kits
Peace and Security

Escaping Sudan: Home alone, with warplanes overhead

When fighting erupted in Sudan¡¯s capital Khartoum, 25-year-old Arafa was at home alone with her two young children.
UN News
Health workers at the UNFPA Tunaydbah field hospital in Sudan¡¯s eastern Gedaraf state
Gender

Escalating violence in Sudan shuts hospitals, puts pregnant women at risk

Doctors, nurses and hospital staff unable to travel to work and vital humanitarian aid not getting through
Alaa Salah, Civil Society Activist and Community Leader from Sudan
Women¡¯s empowerment

Women lead in Sudan¡¯s clamour for good governance

From leading the protests to pushing for lasting change, women are at the forefront.
A woman tends to saplings in the tree nursery in Al Jabalain, Sudan.
Climate Change

Restoring Sudan¡¯s forest cover, one tree at a time

Refugees and their hosts together plant one million trees in a massive reforestation drive in Sudan¡¯s White Nile State.
Sudan referendum, A. Coseac for UNHCR
Photo

Sudan: The long journey home

Thousands of Southern Sudanese in the North trek home to vote in the 2011 independence referendum
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Africa¡¯s displaced people: out of the shadows

African Union convention breaks new ground, but challenges await
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Pursuit of justice or Western plot?

International indictments stir angry debate in Africa
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Darfur facing even greater horror

With Sudan crisis sharpening, UN sees no time for ¡°half measures¡±
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Preventing genocide: from rhetoric to action

UN Special Adviser urges firm measures against Darfur slaughter