Qatar pledges $500 mn in aid to Darfur: minister

A member of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) attends the signing of a peace deal in Doha on April 6, 2013.  By Albert Gonzalez Farran (UNAMID/AFP/File)

A member of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) attends the signing of a peace deal in Doha on April 6, 2013. By Albert Gonzalez Farran (UNAMID/AFP/File)






DOHA (AFP) – Qatar pledged $500 million in aid to rebuild Sudan’s western Darfur region, rocked by a decade-long civil war, the official QNA news agency on Monday quoted a minister as saying.

“Qatar has pledged an amount of $500 million as grants and contributions for rebuilding Darfur,” said the gas-rich emirate’s minister of state for cabinet affairs, Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Mahmud.