SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga – Sudan pledges $750 million a year for peace and development in Darfur

3/9/2020: Radio Dabanga – Sudan pledges $750 million a year for peace and development in Darfur

 Radio Dabanga report on the Juba peace agreement’s stipulation of the establishment of a Fund for Peace Support and Sustainable Development in Darfur, with the government annually paying $750 million to the Peace Support Fund for ten years.

 The parties agreed to allocate 40% of Darfur’s net revenues from Darfur mineral and oil resources for the benefit of the region for a period of ten years. The Darfur government will also allocate at least 3% of natural resources revenues to locals from areas of extraction.

 Furthermore, displaced have the right of voluntary return, and those unable to recover property are entitled to compensation. Positive discrimination policies include Darfuri students studying outside Darfur being exempt from tuition fees for 10 years and 20% of scholarships, rehabilitation, and training opportunities in Sudan and abroad will be allocated to Darfuri people.