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Government of National Unity (GNU) - the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) formed a power-sharing government under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA); the NCP, which came to power by military coup in 1989, is the majority partner; the agreement stipulates national elections in 2009

males age 16-49: 9,639,923 females age 16-49: 9,321,106 (2008 est.) Manpower fit for military service: males age 16-49: 5,836,971 females age 16-49: 5,942,043 (2009 est.) Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually: male: 498,376 female: 479,005 (2009 est.)

he Darfur genocide has killed more than 400,000 civilians and displaced 2.5 million people from their homes. About the size of Texas, the Darfur region of Sudan is home to racially mixed Muslim tribes. In February 2003, frustrated by poverty and neglect, two Darfurian rebel groups launched an uprising against the Khartoum government. The government responded with a scorched-earth campaign, arming and bankrolling militias against the innocent civilians of Darfur. A small peacekeeping force run by the African Union is in place, but it is largely unsupported by the rest of the world. Civilian protection is desperately needed to stop the violence and end the genocide.

ue to the war in Sudan, there are thousands of orphans in the South with no government infrastructure to help these vulnerable at-risk children. Make Way Partners is making a difference with the help of committed individuals like you through offering complete care by protecting, housing, feeding, medically treating and educating hundreds of children through our indigenous ministries - New Life Ministry & Hope For Sudan.  The death rate of un-housed orphans is very high due to exposure to weather, wildlife, and rape. In 2006, more than 280 orphans died at night in our Nyamlell community directly because of not having housing. By meeting more than the basic survival needs of these children and by ministering to both Darfur Refugees and Southern Sudanese children - we are helping to raise-up a generation of educated Peace Makers, rather than deprived revenge seekers.

frican farmers and others in Darfur are being systematically displaced and murdered at the hands of the Janjaweed, a government-supported militia recruited from local Arab tribes. The genocide in Darfur has claimed 400,000 lives and displaced over 2,500,000 people. More than one hundred people continue to die each day; five thousand die every month.