ACT Alliance Appeal: ACT/CARITAS Darfur Programme 2013
Appeal Target: US$ 9,697,078. The 2013 appeal should enable the Programme to adapt to significant changes and challenges in the context while continuing to provide vital services to more than 500,000 beneficiaries in the states of South, Central and East Darfur.
Sudan launches major dam to boost agricultural production, investment
Faced with the loss of oil income, Sudan aims to boost agriculture and hydropower production
Rival Sudans hold summit on Friday, signal concessions
Summit will seek way to resume vital oil flows
South Sudan willing to withdraw army from Sudan border-president
Leaders of South Sudan and Sudan due to meet this month at an African Union-brokered summit to discuss setting up border zone
Sudan closes think-tank after protest - director
Director says closure came day after organisation helped stage a protest against government crackdowns on campaigners
CAR president says ready to share power with rebels
The three-week old onslaught by the rebel alliance Seleka has highlighted the instability of the landlocked former French colony, which remains one of the least developed nations on the planet
Residents flee Bangui as rebels pause for talks
An insurgency has swept across much of the poverty-stricken former French colony since Dec. 10, posing the biggest threat yet to President Francois Bozize's nearly 10 years in power and threatening a humanitarian crisis