AU delegation assesses reconstruction needs in Sudan

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Mar 25, 2005 (PANA) — South African Foreign minister and chairperson of the African Union Ministerial Committee on the Post-Conflict Reconstruction of Sudan, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is currently there on a fact-finding mission.

The 9-man Ministerial Committee, represented by South Africa,Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan is interacting with the Sudanese government, NGOs and other formations in different parts of the Sudan to assess areas of need and the type of interventions that can be initiated.

After the four-day assessment of challenges facing the Sudan,
Dlamini-Zuma will present a report to the International Donors Conference on the post-conflict reconstruction of the Sudan due next month in Oslo, Norway.