UNAMID wants more women involved in Sudan’s local administration

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Photo: REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly PANA Khartoum, Sudan – The United Nations/African Union Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) has tasked traditionally male-dominated communities to involve women in local administration, saying less than 1 percent of women are involved in such processes. In … Read More

Dafurian women discuss Doha peace document

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Ms. Nabila Abdilkarim, member of the High Committee for UN Security Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Photo: Albert González Farran PANA Khartoum, Sudan-Some 40 women representatives of civil society organizations from North Darfur have met in Fashir where … Read More

UNAMID’s Chief condemns killing of peacekeeper in Sudan

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Captain Ajaya Rana serving with UNAMID, takes part in the commemoration of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers Photo: UN PANA Khartoum, Sudan-A UNAMID Military Observer from Zambia died 11 Oct. in Al Fashir in Sudan’s North Darfur state, following … Read More