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Sudanese refugees flee across the border to escape Darfur violence. Twenty-three-year-old Sudanese refugee fled with her children to Kartafa in Chad in July 2020. © UNHCR/Aristophane Ngargoune
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According to UNHCR, more than 80 per cent of those arriving in the Chadian border town of Adré are women, children and elderly – many of whom have witnessed extreme violence. Attacks, said to have been carried out by armed…
Children collect filtered chlorinated water for drinking purpose from a UNICEF supported water point in Sudan's Blue Nile state, which has been hard hit by the recent flooding. © UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani
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According to an update issued by the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA) on Monday, Khartoum, Blue Nile and River Nile states are among the hardest-hit, while damage has also been reported in El Gezira…
A High-Level Sudan Partnership Conference in Berlin acknowledged young people, especially women and girls, as drivers of change for a democratic, free and peaceful country. UNAMID/Amin Ismail
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One year after the fall of Sudan’s former longtime ruler, Omar al-Bashir, the country’s dire economic situation, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, continues to present massive challenges and threatens to reverse the…
Demonstrators take to the streets in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum on 11 April 2019. UN Sudan/Ayman Suliman
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Much has already changed for women since the protests: laws restricting freedom of dress, movement and work were repealed, and female genital mutilation was criminalized. The transitional constitution guarantees 40 per cent…
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Unanimously adopting a twinset of resolutions through its silence procedure, the Council, recognizing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UNAMID’s drawdown, tacked an extra two months onto its mandate and kept the number…
The Security Council adopted resolution 2524 (2020), deciding to establish a United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) upon the adoption of this resolution and for an initial period of 12 months.
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The Security Council, in a 4 June videoconference meeting, decided to establish a United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) , unanimously adopting resolution 2524 (2020) for an initial 12…