The US Special Envoy for Sudan, General Scott Gration, visited DanChurchAid Mine Action programme in Sudan on February 19th. He emphasised the need for clearing cluster munitions and mines in South Kordofan. Read more...

The refugee camps in Darfur are alive with conversations and activities, where men and women are busy with daily chores, literacy classes, meetings and income-generating activities. Gathered in a community center, the women talk about their fears of being attacked and their desire to go back home. Although Sudan's president al-Bashir ordered 16 humanitarian organisations out of the country in March 2009, the humanitarian organisations and the people in the camps are still going strong. They are hopeful.
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Derieg camp was and is Fiza’s safe haven since she fled with her family from the Janjaweed 5 years ago. The noise and clutter of the 22.000 IDPs here is nothing compared to the fear of attack, rape or death. Here she can earn money as a tailor, drink tea in the afternoon with her friends at the women’s community center and sleep safe. Read more...

The Danish government has established an Africa Commission on effective development cooperation with Africa. Read more...

Refugees are now seriously returning to South Sudan. Expectations are high but there is very little to come home to Read more...

Even though the regime in Khartoum and the revolutionary movement SPLM in south have been persuaded to lay down their arms, the challenges of gaining permanent peace in Sudan are huge.
This is said by Mads Frilander, programme officer in DanChurchAid in South Sudan.
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The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Danida) has granted 24 million DKK for DanChurchAid’s HMA programmes in Africa and Asia.

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A large group of children gather in front of Um Gozein School in Mershing, South Darfur, filling the yard with the excited chatter of their young voices. They are lined up and eager to receive school kits being distributed by ACT-Caritas.
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Under the shade of a straw roof, the space is alive with chatter. Children play outside while women gather in groups to practice newly learnt skills that include making pasta and traditional mat weaving. Read more...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and DanChurchAid (DCA) hosted an international seminar 'Protection of Civilians - Learning from Darfur' in Copenhagen autumn 2007. A report has been made based on the seminar. It can be downloaded from www.r2p.eu. Read more...