Darfur Dances

November 2013 | Vol. 4 • No. 6
NEWS DEPARTMENT
IN THIS ISSUE
3 | UNAMID Head Urges Progress on Doha Document
3 | UNAMID Chief Pays Tribute to Fallen
Senegalese Peacekeepers
4 | UNAMID and Youth of Darfur Launch
Peace Campaign
5 | Darfuri Leaders Discuss Ways to Address Conflict
6 | UNAMID Inaugurates Secondary School in
Shangil Tobaya
7 | Conference Brings Tribal Leaders Together
ECONOMY
8 |Darfur’s Young Entrepreneurs
By Mohamad Almahady
Despite significant unemployment rates, many of Darfur’s educated
young university graduates are making their way toward business success,
fulfilling their ambitions by launching small ventures designed to
meet the needs of their communities.
CHILDREN
HEALTH
14 | A Community Comes
Together to Protect Street
Children
By Albert González Farran
With the support of UNAMID and
its partners, 50 young people are
building a first-of-its-kind centre
in El Fasher, North Darfur, to
provide assistance to more than
3,000 street children in the area.
22 | Darfur’s Struggle to
Eliminate Child Malnutrition
By sharon lukunka
In the conflict-torn region of
Darfur, where a decade-long
struggle has led to widespread
population displacements,
food shortages and public
health issues, child malnutrition
remains an ongoing problem.
ENVIRONMENT
18 | The Grand Valleys
of Darfur
By EMADELDIN RIJAL
Each year during the rainy season,
Darfur’s valleys flood with rushing
water, a highly valuable but underused
resource that could play a key role in
fostering economic development and
stability in the region.
CULTURE
26 | Darfur Dances:
Interviewing Elfadhil Khatir
By ala mayyahi
Voices of Darfur talked with Elfadhil
Khatir, a lecturer at El Fasher
University, about the traditional
dances in Darfur, their various
forms and their relation to the social
lives of Darfuris.
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