07 February 2012 - A series of workshops for the dissemination of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) began today in Zalingie, the capital of the new Central Darfur state. The exercise is being led by the parties to the DDPD, the Government of Sudan and the Liberation and Justice Movement, and supported logistically by UNAMID.

The maiden workshop brought together more than 150 participants comprising of native administrators and religious leaders. During the month of February, ten workshops are planned in Zalingei town targeting 1,500 participants drawn from women and youth groups, local authorities, political parties, civil society organizations, academia, farmers and pastoralists as well as internally displaced persons (IDPs).

More than 150 participants in one of the workshops organized in Zalingei. Photo by Abdulrasheed Yakubu.

Twelve more workshops will be organized in Nertiti, Rokero, Mukhjar, Bindisi, Garsila, Um Dukhun and Azoum localities for more than 1,800 participants representing every segment of the communities living in these villages.

Dissemination activities began on 18 January in North Darfur and similar exercises will take place in the coming weeks in all of Darfur’s states.