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March 10 - 2021 KHARTOUM UN Special Representative Volker Perthes (Picture: UN) The head of the new UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Volker Perthes, told the UN Security Council (UNSC) in a virtual briefing yesterday that that while Sudan is making significant advances in its transition “the remaining challenges are staggering”. He urges the international community to step up their assistance to Sudan: “it is urgent to respond to the needs of communities across the countr...

Inclusive political process key to Sudan’s transition March 10, 2021 Special Representative Perthes and Prime Minister Hamdok during their first meeting on Feb. 14. — courtesy UNITAMS GENEVA — The political transition in Sudan is moving forward, though formation of the legislative council and other important milestones have yet to be achieved, the head of the new UN mission in the country told a virtual meeting of the Security Council on Tuesday. Volker Perthes delivered his first briefing to ambassadors after five weeks at the helm of the...

March 9 - 2021 SUDAN Rally of the No To Oppression Against Women Initiative celebrating the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, December 16, 2019 (RD) International Women's Day was celebrated throughout Sudan yesterday. Various events took place and prominent women held speeches. The Darfur Bar Association (DBA), for example, called on the government to pay attention to displaced women and refugees. Nafeesa Hajar, head of the DBA, demanded the implementation of gender policies that were agreed upon in the Constitutional Document and the Juba Peace Agreement, ...

The political transition in Sudan is moving forward, though formation of the legislative council and other important milestones have yet to be achieved,...

March 7 - 2021 DABANGA SUDAN Women attend a workshop on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women Peace and Security (Sojoud Elgarrai/UNAMID) Since Sudan reached the public eye over years of civil war in Darfur, Kordofan, and the Blue Nile, under which war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide were committed, Sudanese women have been cast as the victims of physical and sexual violence in the media. While Sudanese women continue to be disproportionately affected by violence in its various forms in the country, they have also been at the forefront of the revol...