Sudan Signs Agreement to Return One Million People Displaced in Darfur
Monday, August 23, 2004 at 03:17PM
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Sudan on Saturday signed an agreement to ensure
the voluntary return of more than one million people displaced by
fighting in the Darfur region and said it was giving Darfuris more say
in local government. Sudan, under threat of possible sanctions, has
less than two weeks to prove to the U.N. Security Council it is taking
action to improve security in remote Darfur, where a rebellion has
raged since February last year. Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman
Ismail said the agreement on internally displaced people (IDPs) with
the United Nations should help reassure the international community.
Rebels and aid workers say the Sudanese authorities have sometimes
tried to force displaced people home against their will. The Sudanese
government denies the allegation. [more ]
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