Reintegration – 2011
2011
The DDR program, as of May 2011, demobilized 48,594 combatants 27,081 for SAF and 21,513 for SPLA). In Northern Sudan, a total of 36,069 DDR participants including 5,985 female and 3,356 disabled participants went through the demobilization process. In Southern Sudan, a total of 12,525 DDR participants, including 6,188 female and 617 disabled participants, had been demobilized. By the end of May, 31,525 (North: 19,811; South: 11,714) ex-combatants had been counseled on reintegration opportunities in the Sudan. Of these, 21,189 registered with UNDP’s DDR program implementation partners in order to receive reintegration support.1
The DDR program in South Sudan continued even after the successful secession in July 2011. Following the secession, the Republic of South Sudan DDR Commission was re-instituted by the interim National Constitution (July 2011). The commission expected to demobilize and disarm some 90,000 ex-combatants of which a total of 12,525 were demobilized by December 2011. By December 2011, some 10,926 demobilized combatants (87%) registered with implementing partners for reintegration support training.