Darfur Peace & Development is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization with headquarters in Washington, DC and offices in Khartoum and El Fasher Sudan.
DPDO provides humanitarian and development assistance to the victims of conflict in Darfur, Sudan without regard to ethnicity, gender, age or religious beliefs.
DPDO works to foster reconciliation, to facilitate just governance and to enable Darfurians to rebuild their homeland in effective, sustainable ways.
DPDO also promotes awareness of the crisis in the United States and advocates for a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
11/12/08 - Armed Men Ambush Group of UN-African Union Peacekeepers in West Darfur
UN News Service (New York)
Unknown armed men have ambushed a peacekeeping patrol with the hybrid United Nations-African Union mission in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan, injuring one of the blue helmets and stealing a vehicle.
The mission, known as UNAMID, reported that a group of Nigerian peacekeepers were on patrol about 5:45 p.m. yesterday near the Geneina Super Camp in West Darfur state when they were ambushed by a group of men armed with rock(...read more...)
11/11/08 - Darfur activists pitch tents to influence Washington
By Daniel Van Oudenaren
November 10, 2008 (WASHINGTON) Activists set up some 350 tents on the national mall in front of the United States Capitol building this weekend, hoping to reenergize the U.S. Darfur movement and influence the president-elect.
Each of the tents was sent by a community somewhere in the United States, representing approximately 350 cities in 48 states.
Organizers envisioned that the tents, painted by congregations, schools and(...read more...)
11/11/08 - Darfur forum suggests ceasefire, compensations and Vice presidency
November 10, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — A large consultation meeting on Darfur crisis called today on the Sudanese government to declare ceasefire unilaterally and to accelerate efforts to end the five-year conflict in the troubled region of western Sudan. The conference also recommended after acceptance of Naivasha partners to dedicate a vice-president position to Darfur
The initiative to solve Darfur conflict was announced on July 13, the eve of the day that I(...read more...)
11/10/08 - UNAMID peacekeepers attacked in Darfur
November 11, 2008 (EL FASHER) Nigerian peacekeepers were ambushed on Sunday in West Darfur, wounding a peacekeeper, and on the same day attackers shot at a humanitarian vehicle, wounding the driver in the left hand, according to a spokesman for the peacekeepers.
The UN – African Union hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) is tasked with protecting civilians and humanitarian workers, but it has come under attack.
At 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, the Nigerian Pro(...read more...)
