Sudan: Government planning to move 200,000 IDPs, says UN

The Sudanese government has said it is making plans to move about 200,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Northern Darfur back to their towns and villages, prompting agencies to reiterate that relocation must be voluntary. Sudanese officials in Al-Fashir, Northern Darfur, said the government wanted to return the IDPs to between six and eight urban centres in the region, but did not specify when, the UN reported on Tuesday.