November 28, 2007
Sudan: Rights Group Criticizes Firms Over Darfur
An anti-genocide group has strongly criticized major international companies sponsoring the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China for their silence on the ongoing crisis in the… Read more »
November 26, 2007
Sudan: Lobby Warns of New Darfur Insurgency
An international lobby group today called for the Darfur peace talks to be widened to include groups such as women and Arab tribal groups, in order to avoid more fragmentation… Read more »
November 20, 2007
South Africa: Govt Presses Major Powers on Darfur Force
South Africa has urged Russia, China, the United States and European Union countries to provide the heavy military equipment necessary to deploy Darfur's new hybrid… Read more »
November 08, 2007
Sudan: Meet Our Demands, Says Southern President
President Salva Kiir Mayardit of the Government of Southern Sudan said in Washington, DC on Wednesday that the south’s boycott of the country’s Government of National… Read more »
November 07, 2007
Sudan: South Africa to Boost Darfur Peacekeepers
South Africa will consider contributing helicopters and ground transport to the new hybrid African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force for Darfur, President Thabo Mbeki said… Read more »
November 06, 2007
Sudan: Darfur Peacekeeper Warns of High Expectations
When the new African Union-United Nations hybrid force for Darfur (Unamid) deploys at the end of the year, its commander expects to have only half the 20,000 troops planned for.… Read more »
October 29, 2007
Sudan: Britain Threatens Sanctions as Darfur Talks Falter
As talks aimed at peace in Darfur got off to a faltering start in Libya at the weekend, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown threatened new sanctions against Sudan if the talks did… Read more »
October 25, 2007
Sudan: Africa to Supply Most Darfur Peacekeepers
Africa is likely to contribute up to four-fifths of the troops making up the planned United Nations-African Union hybrid peacekeeping force to be deployed in Sudan's… Read more »
October 17, 2007
Sudan: Food Delivery Drivers Killed in Darfur
Three truck drivers for the World Food Programme (WFP) have been shot dead while working for the United Nations food agency in Darfur, according to a WFP news release issued today. Read more »
October 02, 2007
Sudan: Elders Visit Darfur For First Mission
A group of world-renowned humanitarians is visiting Sudan to address the “immense human suffering” in the Darfur’s ongoing crisis, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the… Read more »
September 20, 2007
Sudan: Group Calls for Armed Protection of Darfur Civilians
Human Rights Watch has urged the African Union and the United Nations to give their joint Darfur peacekeeping force "rapid response" capabilities, with enough attack… Read more »
August 31, 2007
Sudan: Can Europe and China 'Save' Darfur?
After all the U.S. government's rhetoric about Darfur's genocide, and all its finger-wagging over the inaction of other nations, it is an instructive irony that the forces… Read more »
August 24, 2007
Sudan: Govt Accused of Breaking Darfur Arms Embargo
The human rights group, Amnesty International released photographs Friday showing the Sudanese government continuing to deploy offensive military equipment in Darfur in what the… Read more »
July 02, 2007
Africa: Civil Society Discusses Darfur, Zimbabwe at Summit
African officials and members of civil society organizations across the continent have been debating the twin crises in Darfur, Sudan and Zimbabwe ahead of the African Union Summit… Read more »
June 30, 2007
Sudan: African Celebrities Appeal to Heads of State on Darfur
African leaders are meeting in Ghana, the land of Kwame Nkrumah, this week to discuss the future of the African Union. Their summit is dedicated to a single subject: the project of… Read more »
June 25, 2007
Sudan: U.S., France, and China Meet Over Darfur Crisis
An international meeting on Darfur called by newly-elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy ended Monday with parties agreeing to continue to support current efforts to bring peace… Read more »
May 30, 2007
Sudan: U.S. Sanctions Welcome But Too Late, Say Activists
Advocacy and activist groups in the United States have welcomed President George W. Bush's new sanctions on Sudan but have said they do not go far enough. Read more »
May 29, 2007
Sudan: Bush Imposes New Sanctions Over Darfur
The United States has stepped up its sanctions against Sudan and announced that it will press the United Nations Security Council to adopt a new package of international sanctions,… Read more »
April 18, 2007
Sudan: 'Last Chance' on Darfur, Warns U.S. President
U.S. President George W. Bush has expressed skepticism over Sudan's announcement this week that it will accept United Nations personnel as part of a "hybrid"… Read more »
March 07, 2007
Kenya: Odinga Says Now is the Time for Change
Kenyan Member of Parliament Raila Odinga is a leading contender for the nomination of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement of Kenya (ODM-Kenya) for this December's… Read more »
January 31, 2007
Sudan: The ICC: A Question of Accountability
The Sudanese regime is, by any measure, one of the most brutal and destabilising in the world today. Its atrocities have not been limited to Darfur. Khartoum has harshly suppressed… Read more »
January 18, 2007
Africa: U.S. Official Sees 'Credible and Serious Dialogue' As Key to Peace in Somalia
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer, who has been leading the Bush administration's peace efforts in Somalia and Sudan, discussed the situation in… Read more »
December 11, 2006
South Africa: Strategic Concerns Deepen S.Africa-U.S. Shared Interests
Nigerian oil may be crucial to U.S. energy needs but South African President Thabo Mbeki seems to be the crucial figure in U.S. political needs in Africa, and also increasingly… Read more »
December 09, 2006
Sudan: Bush, Mbeki Urge Quick Deployment in Darfur
U.S. President George W. Bush and South African President Thabo Mbeki are pushing for an urgent increase in the number of peacekeepers in Darfur. In talks at the White House on… Read more »
December 04, 2006
Chad: Bringing Chad Back from the Brink - A Humanitarian Imperative that Serves U.S. National Interests
With all eyes on the horrifying genocide in Darfur, we must not ignore the growing instability next door in neighboring Chad, where the government is on the brink of complete… Read more »