KHARTOUM, 9 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - More than 100 cases of suspected meningitis, including 15 fatalities, have been recorded in six Sudanese states since early January, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has reported. Full report

KHARTOUM, 9 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Recent clashes between armed militia and the southern Sudanese army in the greater Upper Nile region demonstrate the need to resolve issues of alignment between various armed groups in the area, a spokeswoman for the United Nations said. Full report

NAIROBI, 8 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - A panel of United Nations experts has urged Sudan's neighbours to crack down on unofficial shipments of arms into the war-torn east African country. Full report

KHARTOUM, 7 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The first batch of 10,000 Sudanese refugees who have lived in the Central African Republic for 16 years arrived home this week following a recent agreement between the two governments and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.Full report

NAIROBI, 7 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Some 376 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Sudan's Dinka ethnic group have returned to the southern town of Bor from the regional capital, Juba, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has said. Full report

NAIROBI, 7 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - At least 12 people, two of them children, have died from an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea in the southern Sudanese town of Yei, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said. Full report

ABUJA, 6 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Mounting violence in Sudan’s Darfur region is undermining talks taking place in the Nigerian capital to end the three-year conflict, according to the African Union (AU).Full report

NAIROBI, 6 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The United Nations Security Council has asked the Secretary-General to begin contingency planning on options for the possible transition from an African Union-led mission to a UN operation in the strife-torn western Sudanese region of Darfur. Full report

KHARTOUM, 3 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned the recent escalation of attacks by rebels and Arab Janjawid militia in the western Sudanese Darfur region and has demanded that those perpetrating the violence be disarmed immediately. Full report

BANGUI, 2 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Some 5,000 Sudanese refugees living in the Central African Republic could return home by April following the signing of a tripartite agreement between the two governments and the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the agency said. Full report

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