Water project progressing in North Darfur

The Wadi Elkou project for water management in North Darfur was further inaugurated in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur on Wednesday morning. The event was attended by the government of North Darfur, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the European Union. The water management and livelihood project aims to improve the livelihoods of inhabitants of North Darfur at a total cost of €6.45 million funded by the European Union. Howard Bell, general supervisor of the United Nations Environment Programme explained that the aim is to improve the livelihoods of more than the 5,000 people affected by the war in North Darfur, directly or indirectly, besides working on sustainable management of the natural resources in the region. He added that the project will be implemented by the UN Environment Programme during the upcoming three years. File photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran/Unamid Related: EU and Darfur Regional Authority inaugurate large water project in North Darfur (25 October 2013)