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Made Popular Dec 12 2008
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As it is well known internationally, Darfur is suffering a wide range of unbelievable human rights violations and atrocities by which a comprehensive system of deprivation, humiliation and torture is imposed on the indigenous population of Darfur of..

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Apr 30 2009 by AP0 Comments

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says a French and a Canadian aid worker held hostage in Darfur have been freed.

 
 
Apr 27 2009 by AP0 Comments

The war in Darfur is now a “a low-intensity conflict” with 150 deaths a month, down from the intense fighting that killed tens of thousands when it began, the peacekeeping chief in the Sudanese region said Monday.

 
 
Apr 27 2009 by AP0 Comments

Eight activists protesting the expulsion of aid groups in Darfur have been arrested in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington.

 
 
Apr 27 2009 by AP0 Comments

Eight activists protesting the expulsion of aid groups in Darfur have been arrested in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington.

 
 
Apr 23 2009 by AP0 Comments

French and British negotiators failed at talks this week to persuade Sudan to allow expelled aid groups back into Darfur, officials said Thursday.

 
 
Apr 22 2009 by AP0 Comments

Mia Farrow plans to begin a hunger strike next week in solidarity with the people of Darfur.

 
 
Apr 21 2009 by AP0 Comments

The United Nations chief warned Tuesday that Sudan’s expulsion of 16 aid groups from Darfur has put the lives of more than 1 million people at risk and increased the potential for instability in the region.

 
 
Apr 21 2009 by AP0 Comments

Sudan’s president made his sixth foreign trip since his indictment on charges of war crimes in Darfur, traveling Tuesday to Ethiopia despite the international warrant for his arrest.

 
 
Apr 16 2009 by AP0 Comments

U.S. Senator John Kerry says Sudan has agreed to allow some aid back into Darfur after the Sudanese president expelled more than a dozen aid groups from the region last month.

 
 
Apr 15 2009 by AP0 Comments

A Sudanese anti-terrorism court on Wednesday convicted 10 alleged Darfur rebels of waging war and sentenced them to death for their role in last year’s deadly attack on the country’s capital, court officials said.

 
 
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