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Sudan officials plan a behind-the-scenes lobbying effort at the United Nations this week to avert the prosecution of the country’s longtime president on charges of genocide in Darfur.
The Sudanese military says 116 Darfur rebels have surrendered, and the U.N.-African Union mission is trying to confirm the report.
Sudan’s president has warned that attempts to prosecute him on charges of waging a genocidal campaign in Darfur are undermining the peace process aimed at stopping the violence.
An aid helicopter for the U.N.-African Union mission in Darfur was shot down outside a refugee camp on Monday, killing all four crew members and scattering debris over a half-mile, Sudanese police and the U.N. said.
An aid helicopter for the U.N.-African Union mission in Darfur was shot down outside a refugee camp on Monday, killing all four crew members and scattering debris over a half-mile, Sudanese police and the U.N. said.
Only half of the 26,000 peacekeepers authorized for Sudan’s conflict-wracked Darfur region will be deployed by the end of the year, far below the 80 percent target, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said Wednesday.
South Africa’s president said Tuesday the prosecution of his Sudanese counterpart for genocide in Darfur would undermine efforts to resolve the 5-year-old conflict there.
Holocaust scholars appealed Monday to the International Criminal Court prosecutor to pursue his indictment of Sudan’s president on charges of genocide in Darfur.
Sudanese government forces waging an offensive in northern Darfur have attacked rebel-held areas farther south, including a base belonging to a group that signed a peace deal with the government, rebels said Sunday.
Darfur rebels who signed a peace deal with Sudan’s central government say government forces waging an offensive in the region have attacked one of their bases.
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, has filed genocide charges against Sudan’s President Al-Bashir and has requested an arrest warrant. The opinion of human rights groups and UN aid agencies are divided as to...
It has been five long, bloody years in Darfur and people continue to live an existence dominated by war, terror, militia and AK-47s. Initially, it was a terror campaign run by the government against the civilians and now, the condition seems to have...
Khartoum, capital of Sudan was considered one of the safest African capital cities but the recent spurt of Islamic terrorism is threatening to interrupt its law and order scenario. The growing resentment among the Muslim youths of the country over the...
New York based Human Rights Watch has come up with a startling report that even after 5 years of continuing conflicts, women and girls still face risks of rape and sexual assault by rebels and the soldiers in Darfur. Sudanese army and Peace keeping...
Undeterred by international criticism against its ’scorched earth’ policy, the Sudanese government has launched a fresh attack on the rebel stronghold in Darfur. The government-sponsored genocide is centered on western Darfur where clusters of...
Following Steven Spielberg’s withdrawal as an artistic adviser from the Beijing Olympics yesterday, China is now being pressurized by the international community to use its influence on ally Sudan to stop atrocities in the Darfur region. This...
The political situation in Chad is another indication of the same old African story of civil wars and regional instability. Chad government forces and rebels, with alleged Sudanese backup, are involved in a fierce battle for the control of the...
Kenya, one of the prosperous nations in the war ravaged African continent, is on the verge of being embroiled in a land war of wider scale. According to the UNICEF, women and children are suffering the most in a bitter conflict over a proposed land...
George Clooney doesn’t make the women swoon all the over the world just because of his looks. There’s more to this man than just his onscreen presence.
It’s his off screen work too that has won the hearts of the people all over.
With the onset...
The ethnic-cum-tribal conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region, sponsored by the Sudanese govt. seems to be developing a gravely violent flavor suddenly, after reports of proliferation in the number of armed militia groups. Confirming these reports are...
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In a July 24, 2008 photo, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who was on a two days trip to Darfur, releases a dove during the welcoming reception at the Darfur city of el Fasher, Sudan.
