An international donors conference on Sunday raised $850 million for projects intended to ensure the safe return of nearly 3 million people displaced during the war in Darfur. The one-day conference in Cairo was organized by the 57-nation Organization of The Islamic Conference and included representatives from ...

International donors at a conference in Cairo on Sunday pledged 850 million dollars for the reconstruction of war-ravaged Darfur, way short of the two billion dollars organisers had been expecting. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit told the closing session that 746 million had been raised for the western Sudanese region, but more donations came after the end to bump ...

International donors were urged Sunday to dig deep into their pockets at a conference in Cairo which aims to raise two billion dollars for the reconstruction of war-ravaged Darfur The one-day conference, which was organised by the 57-strong Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and co-chaired by Egypt and Turkey, was also attended by representatives from the Britain, China, France ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Investment in infrastructure, health, education and agriculture is vital to ending conflict in Sudan's Darfur region and nurturing the relative peace from recent ceasefire deals, Egypt said at a donor meeting on Sunday. The one-day development and reconstruction conference, co-chaired by Turkey, aims to raise $2 billion for projects such as cement plants, roads and villages for ...