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UN steps up rehabilitation of war-torn southern Sudan following peace accords
Sudan - As peace takes hold in southern Sudan after an agreement between the Government and rebels ended Africa’s longest-running civil war, United Nations agencies are redoubling efforts to prepare for the return of 4.5 million refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) and lay the ground for social and economic development.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partners are launching a series of new community projects next week to help rehabilitate communities in readiness for the displaced people and refugees who may return this year to the south, where the new-found peace is a stark contrast to the ongoing conflict in the western Darfur region.