Photo Credit: UNICEF
04/24/2006

The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in January 2005 between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement brought the 21-year civil war to an end, creating the conditions for the return of approximately four million refugees and internally displaced people to south Sudan. Although basic services are missing throughout the region and international agencies face serious logistical obstacles to establishing their presence, Sudanese are courageously “voting with their feet” and opting to return. The process will rival that of Afghanistan as the largest return process in recent decades.