8. While the October 2002 ceasefire between the Government of the Sudan and the SPLM/A previously encouraged hundreds of thousands of IDPs to return south, many more IDPs and refugees from neighbouring countries have started to return to Southern Sudan following the signing of CPA.
8. While the October 2002 ceasefire between the Government of the Sudan and the SPLM/A previously encouraged hundreds of thousands of IDPs to return south, many more IDPs and refugees from neighbouring countries have started to return to Southern Sudan following the signing of CPA.