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A community portal about Darfur with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Darfur is a region of far western Sudan, bordering the Central African Republic, Libya, and Chad. It is divided into three federal states within Sudan: Gharb Darfur (West Darfur), Janub Darfur (South Darfur), and Shamal Darfur (North Darfur). It is currently in the midst of an ongoing humanitarian crisis involving Arab Janjaweed militias and black African rebels.

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Sudan reporter might not return home

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The Sudanese journalist briefly jailed for wearing "indecent trousers" said Wednesday she might not return to her country but instead continue her campaign for women's rights from abroad. Lubna Ahmed Hussein, who said she defied a travel ban and sneaked out of Sudan wearing a full Islamic veil to hide her identity, said however she was not planning to ask for asylum in Europe. "I am waiting for the network of women in Sudan (campaigning for women's rights)... to decide whether it is better for me to continue the campaign at home or abroad," she told reporters in Paris. "I will follow their decision," ... Read Full Story

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Darfur peacekeepers await news on abducted workers

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Three weeks have passed without news of two kidnapped civilians working for the joint United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur, a UNAMID spokesman said on Tuesday. The pair, a Zimbabwean woman and a Nigerian man, were kidnapped in August at Zalingei in west Darfur about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the Chad border. "It's now three weeks since we have had any news of them," UNAMID spokesman Noureddine Mezni told AFP. "These are difficult conditions -- no one would want to be in their place. I cannot say anything about the state of their health." The Nigerian has been reported to be suffering ... Read Full Story

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Sudan: “Along the Border”

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About the Author: Major General (Ret) Scott Gration serves as the President’s Special Envoy to Sudan. As our UN helicopter landed in Muglad, the large crowd of locals and tribal elders quickly approached our small plane. We were quickly ushered into a meeting hall, where we listened intently as the Misseriya tribal elders spoke passionately about their community’s concerns. Muglad is a major town in Southern Kordofan, Sudan, and one of the ancestral areas of the Misseriya. It is just north of the Abyei region of Sudan, an area on the North-South border that has been a hotbed of tension and conflict. Ongoing disputes ... Read Full Story

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Peacekeepers should prepare to leave Darfur: Sudan

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Khartoum's U.N. envoy, rejecting a bleak U.N. assessment of the situation in Sudan's conflict-torn western Darfur region, said on Monday it was time for international peacekeepers to prepare to leave. Saying it omitted key information, Sudan's U.N. ambassador, Abdalmahmoud Abdalhaleem, criticized the latest report about Darfur by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, which says Khartoum has broken a deal on deploying the peacekeepers. "One big fact should be the focus of the report -- that the war is over," he told Reuters. "With peace in sight, the U.N. should, in coordination with the African Union and Sudanese government, plan for an ... Read Full Story

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Stung Egypt in diplomatic row after Algeria loss

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Egypt, whose state-owned media staked so much on qualifying for the World Cup finals for the first time in two decades, vented its anguish in an escalating diplomatic row with its Algerian vanquishers. The Egyptian government called in the Algerian ambassador and then recalled its own envoy from Algiers for consultations in protest at what it said was a spate of attacks on Egyptians and Egyptian interests. Sudan, which hosted the make-or-break World Cup qualification play-off in which the Arab world's most populous nation went down 1-0, was dismissive of the Egyptian complaints and summoned Cairo's ambassador to complain against the allegations of trouble ... Read Full Story

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Sudan: Land Rights Hinder Darfur IDP Returns

Abdalla Adam, an IDP (internally displaced person) leader from Alryad camp in El Geneina, West Darfur, says that he desperately wants to return to his village, Mestarei, from which he was forced to leave in 2003, but cannot because others have occupied his land.

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Peacekeepers should prep to quit Darfur

Khartoum's UN envoy, rejecting a bleak UN assessment of the situation in Sudan's conflict-torn western Darfur region, said on Monday it was time for international peacekeepers to prepare to leave.Saying it omitted key information, Sudan's UN ambassador, Abdalmahmoud Abdalhaleem, criticized the latest report about Darfur by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

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