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Community leaders in Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur, about 50 kilometres from El Fasher, have commended the timely intervention of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in curtailing the recent clashes in the surrounding villages of Jabel Moskul and Jabelti.
In its seventh meeting scheduled to be held in Khartoum tomorrow, Monday 16 November, the Tripartite Mechanism on Darfur comprising officials from the African Union (AU), United Nations (UN) and Sudanese Government, will discuss a number of issues relevant to the future of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).
The government of Sudan has now opened voter registration centres in three Sub-Saharan countries previously left out by the National Elections Commission.
On Saturday 14 October, 91 Filipino civilian police officers received peacekeeping medals as a tribute for their activities in the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). In his message to the policemen and women, Joint Special Representative ad interim (JSR a.i.), Mr. Henry K. Anyidoho, commended them for their disciplined approach to their duties, selflessness and substantial contribution to the peace ...
In a village perched a difficult climb half-way up a steep mountain slope in South Sudan, a woman is grinding up leaves plucked from a tree.
Reported cases of kala azar infection, a deadly disease also known as visceral leishmaniasis, have continued to rise in Southern Sudan, according to medical workers.
The following is a letter concerning China's involvement in Sudan. It was signed by 44 Members of Congress and sent to the President on the 13th of November, 2009.
Lt. Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba is the current overall Commander of the United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur, a peace keeping force overseeing a shaky ceasefire in the war torn Sudanese region.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called for greater efforts to prevent the food shortages in parts of Southern Sudan, caused by poor rains and made worse by insecurity, from escalating into a deeper crisis.
The Nuba Mountains, a former frontline region in Sudan's north-south civil war remain tense, years after the 2005 north-south peace agreement, local leaders and analysts say.
Former Enyimba player Stephen Worgu, who plays in Sudan, has been convicted of drinking alcohol, and has been sentenced to be flogged.
The first of batch of 5th battalion soldiers returned home yesterday from Darfur, Sudan from where they have been serving under the United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).
Residents of Moyo District are living in fear. On Friday, seven soldiers belonging to the Sudanese People's Liberation Army descended on Gmberi village in Metu Sub-county, searching for one Thomas Olima, a Ugandan national they accused of spying on their government.
Diplomats and Africa policy specialists are hailing the Obama administration's new policy toward Sudan as a practical approach to stopping violence in Sudan's Darfur region while preserving a peace accord that ended the nation's 22-year civil war in 2005.
Designer rag dolls, the concept couldn't sound more frivolous. But dolls made by top fashion designers such as Armani and Prada are helping to fund a vaccination programme in war-torn Darfur.
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