Darfur
Al-Bashir promises to compensate Darfur victims
Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir has pledged to offer state protection to the joint UN peacekeeping force in Darfur and scoffed at efforts to slap...
Al-Bashir back in Darfur
Ten days after he was indicted on a charge of genocide Omar al-Bashir danced his way back to the scene of his alleged crimes...
The Arab League to help secure peace in Darfur
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa has said the Arab League needs to work closely with the African Union (AU) and the United Nations...
Demonstrations in Khartoum following ICC indictment
More than a thousand angry demonstrators chanting anti-western slogans massed in Khartoum on Thursday in the biggest protest yet against the International Criminal Court’s...
UNAMID to accelerate deployment in Darfur
The total number of UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) forces is now 8,000, according to a statement issued here Thursday.
UNAMID is expected to have...
South Sudan President calls for urgent peace road map for Darfur
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has called for an urgent peace road map for Darfur in the wake of the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
Positive reactions to Al-Bashir’s possible prosecution
Africa Action, a Washington-based organisation, Tuesday applauded the International Criminal Court’s call to prosecute Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir for crimes against humanity and genocide...
Sudan: Rights groups decry Khartoum crackdown
Khartoum: Human rights organizations have accused Sudan authorities of extra-judicial executions and ill-treatment of detainees following the rebel attack on the capital
Several human rights...
Sudan: EU Soldier Missing
One soldier is missing after a vehicle of the European Union's military force in Chad (EUFOR) strayed across the border into Sudan and was...
Sudan: Hundreds of children missing after Darfur attack
Several days after Sudanese government-backed militia attacked villages in West Darfur, hundreds of children remain unaccounted for, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said. "There...
Sudan celebrates peace agreement on 3rd anniversary
Sudan is celebrating the third anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Monday (today) in Wau, Southern Sudan, against the background of the difficulties...
Chadian rebel leader denounces arms supply to Déby by Paris
A Chadian opposition leader has strongly denounced France for allegedly supplying missiles to the government of President Idriss Déby, warning Paris that this risked...
Chad court jails Zoe’s Ark aid workers eight years each in hard labour
Six French aid workers, whose attempt to fly out more than 100 children from Chad last October triggered a huge international outcry, were on...
Zoe’s Ark affair : Is Cécilia Sarkozy on-board ?
Daniel Gonzalez, a crew member of the Spanish flying company Girjet told the judge in charge of the inquiries that Cécilia Sarkozy was on...
Ceasefire fails to quell Darfur violence
A unilateral ceasefire announced by Khartoum in late October has failed to improve security in Darfur, where armed groups continue to do battle, according...
OCHA concerned over official’s expulsion from South Darfur
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan is holding talks with government officials over the expulsion of its South...
Government accused of hypocrisy in Zoe’s Ark affair
Surrounded by the 103 African children caught up in an alleged abduction plot by a French charity, Chadian president Idriss Déby appeared before photographers...