Darfur

On Tuesday, 5 June 2012, in New York, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will brief the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Darfur. The Prosecutor will update the Council on the ongoing investigation in Darfur ...  

[Sudan Tribune] Khartoum - Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) said Saturday they repelled an attack by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in North Darfur state and killed 45 members of the assailant rebel force.  

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels in Sudan's Darfur region launched an attack on government troops on Saturday ... President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and has issued an arrest warrant for Defense Minister Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein for war crimes in the region.  

KHARTOUM, Sudan — The Sudanese army says at least 45 rebels have been killed in Sudan's North Darfur after they attacked the military. Army spokesman Sawarme Khalid Saad's remarks, carried on state radio Sunday, said a number of troops were also killed ...  

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The Sudanese army says at least 45 rebels have been killed in Sudan's North Darfur after they attacked the military. Army spokesman Sawarme Khalid Saad's remarks, carried on state radio Sunday, said a number of troops ...  

June 2, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) said Saturday they repelled an attack by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in North Darfur state and killed 45 members of the assailant rebel force. After long months of relative calm since the ...  

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The Sudanese army says at least 45 rebels have been killed in Sudan's North Darfur after they attacked the military. Army spokesman Sawarme Khalid Saad's remarks, carried on state radio Sunday, said a number of troops were also killed in the clashes. He did not say how many.Saad says the clashes began when rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement attacked Fataha, a village in North Darfur. He says the rebels first...  

A large force from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) attacked Fataha, a trade crossroads in the eastern part of North Darfur state, Sawarmi Khaled Saad, the Sudanese army spokesman, told AFP. "They looted the market and our troops responded.  

Darfuri refugees are about to fulfill their dream of playing in an international soccer competition: the upcoming Viva men’s World Cup for stateless teams. For team members of Darfur United, it will be the culmination of years of practice, logistical challenges and surviving the horrors of conflict. Sixteen players wearing donated green sweat suits have recently been on a marathon journey from refugee camps in Chad to the Kurdish region...  

KHARTOUM, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese Army said it has killed 45 members of Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and destroyed 10 vehicles during an attack launched by the movement on Fataha area in North Darfur State, Khartoum's Al-Sudani ...  

CoastweekContinued fighting in Sudan Darfur concerns UNAMIDCoastweekWe still have areas where fighting are going on KHARTOUM (Xinhua) -- Despite the decrease in the number of fatalities resulting from violence in Sudan's Darfur region, yet continued fighting and increased criminal activities still concern the United ...and more »  

The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), part of a rebel alliance that wants to topple the government in Khartoum, said it attacked an army camp in Wad Ganja, east of the state capital El Fasher on Saturday, killing several soldiers, destroying ...  

Bashir reacted by evicting various non-governmental organisations from Darfur. Haroun is wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur. He defeated Abdelaziz al-Hilu to become governor of South Kordofan in an election ...  

[Radio Dabanga] Nyala - Kidnappers in Darfur yesterday morning released a UN logistician, Patrick Noonan, who had been held in captivity for 85 days. Intense negotiations leading to his release involved the British Embassy in Khartoum, the Sudan Foreign Ministry, local authorities, and the native administration in South Darfur.  

[UN News] After close to three months in captivity in Darfur, Sudan, a staff member of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been released.  

Patrick Noonan, a British national working for the UN World Food Programme (WFP), was freed today after tough negotiations conducted by the local authorities. However, the state governor Ismail Hamad refused to give the details of the release. In a press ...  

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Government restrictions on Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have forced the group to suspend key medical activities in part of Sudan's Darfur region, leaving tens of thousands of people without health care, the aid agency said on Tuesday.  

Al-ArabiyaSudan expels four humanitarian groups after 'failed aid projects'Al-ArabiyaA girl holds up a handwritten banner as she waits for the arrival of a African Union - United Nations Missions in Darfur (UNAMID) delegation in Forog, north Darfur. (Reuters) By Al Arabiya With Agencies Sudan has expelled four foreign aid groups ...  

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A British aid worker abducted by armed men in Sudan's Darfur region has been released after almost three months in captivity, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday.Related StoriesPM's former aide Coulson held over suspected perjuryFormer Liberian leader Taylor jailed for 50 yearsMirror moves to 7-day publishing, sacks editorsObservers in Syria say 13 bodies found, hands tiedHedge fund boss found guilty of $600...  

Chad's President Idriss Deby and Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir wave to the crowd after launching the Darfur Regional Authority in El Fasher, February 8, 2012. The new regional body will promote development and be responsible for the governance., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.Save Dafur’s Mi$$ing Million$: The Israeli ConnectionBy Thomas MountainThe so called “Save Dafur Coalition” raised tens of millions of...  

Budget constraints and poor security on the ground reduce opportunities to engage with refugees and war victims in Chad. By Janet Anderson, Zakia Yousif, Tajeldin Adam -...read more  

Darfur / UNAMID Media Brief   EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, May 22, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UNAMID Media Brief / 21 May 2012   UNAMID Chief visits local officials and Mission staff in West Darfur   During a brief visit to El Geneina, West Darfur, the Head of the African Union-United Nations [...]  

UNAMID salutes peacekeepers, remembers those fallen   EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, May 29, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today paid tribute to the sacrifices of those who have served in the name of peace, commemorating the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, and the unique [...]  

AFPKidnapped Briton released in SudanNew York Daily NewsKhartoum, May 30 — A British humanitarian worker kidnapped in Sudan about three months ago has been released, the UN African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said. UNAMID chief Ibrahim Gambari said in a statement that security authorities in South ...UN Aid Worker Abducted In Sudan's Darfur Region ReleasedRTT NewsUN's World Food Program: Aid worker held hostage in Sudan for almost 3...  

UNAMID / Follow-up Commission assess implementation of Darfur peace document   DOHA, Qatar, May 29, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The third meeting of the Implementation Follow-up Commission (IFC) was held on 28 May in Doha to consider the progress made so far in the provisions of the Doha Document for Peace in [...]  

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum - The Sudanese Ministry of Finance has signed an agreement with the African Development Bank for a $ 4.6 million grant to mend water facilities and teach local residents how to man the 15 water stations.  

May 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Civilians in North Darfur remote area of Forog urged the United Nations on Wednesday to provide them with more humanitarian assistance complaining from shortage of water and medicines. The civilians made their demands during a ...  

Khartoum — The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) accused the Sudanese security service of arresting 30 people in Gueraida a South Darfur area attacked recently by Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)'s fighters. A joint rebel force of Abdel Wahid al-Nur and ...  

FORT COLLINS, Colo., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region in western Sudan has received plenty of media attention in recent years thanks to the voices and dedication of some of Hollywood's elite. Since civil war broke out in Sudan almost a decade...  

Khartoum — A Darfur rebel leader said a regime change in Khartoum is a radical option but remains the only viable solution to take Sudan out of an endemic political instability and repeated violations of human rights. Abdel Wahid al-Nur, founder of the ...  

FORT COLLINS, Colo., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region in western Sudan has received plenty of media attention in recent years thanks to the voices and dedication of some of Hollywood's elite. Since civil ...  

The African Development Bank (AfDB) signed a €3.3 million grant protocol agreement on 24 May with the Republic ... and highlighted other key areas of the AfDB’s recent engagement, such as debt management, rebuilding of flooded schools in Khartoum ...  

May 15, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) accused the Sudanese security service of arresting 30 people in Gueraida a South Darfur area attacked recently by Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)’s fighters. A joint rebel force of Abdel ...  

UNAMID and UN Country Team in Sudan Reaffirm Collaboration   EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, May 23, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the UN Country Team (UNCT) in Sudan held a Joint Meeting today at UNAMID’s Main Headquarters in El-Fasher, Darfur, to reaffirm their strong [...]  

Hawa Abdallah Mohammed Salih has experienced enough horror for several lifetimes. Last year, the 28-year-old Darfur activist was held for two months in a state prison in Khartoum, Sudan's capital. There she was beaten, raped and subjected to electric shock ...  

President Omar Hassan al-Bashir during his visit to the North Darfur state capital of El-Fasher on March 8, 2009. The President addressed a crowd of thousands in El Fashir., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.Sudan: 100,000 People Left Without Essential Healthcare in Jebel Si in North Darfur State22 May 2012press releaseMSF Geneva — As a result of increasing restrictions imposed by Sudanese authorities, the medical...  

However many were thrown out of the country in 2009 after Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir was indicted for war crimes, crimes against humanity - and the next year genocide - in the western region by the International Criminal Court (ICC).  

A Sudanese government crackdown has forced Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) to sharply curtail its operations in a remote part of Darfur, leaving tens of thousands of people without healthcare, the aid agency has warned. Western Darfur has been ...  

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Government restrictions on Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have forced the group to suspend key medical activities in part of Sudan's Darfur region, leaving tens of thousands of people without health care, the aid agency said on Tuesday.  

Darfur is threatened with food insecurity and in need of urgent aid. The Programme conducted surveys in Darfur finding around 30 percent to be in need of urgent assistance, said WFP Field Coordinator Adham Mesallami to Radio Dabanga. He said that families ...  

Decades of conflict has left Sudan highly unstable with a continuing humanitarian crisis in Darfur in the west and fighting in bordering South Sudan. Darfur continues to be one of the largest humanitarian responses in the world. The two main church-based ...  

LOS ANGELES - Football players from the Darfur region of Sudan plan to compete in the VIVA Cup, an international competition that will begin in Erbil, in the Kurdish region of Iraq, on June 4. Supporters of the all-refugee team, Darfur United, have been working from California to make it happen. "Darfur United draws its players from 12 refugee camps in Chad -- where it was created and is still based."  The players have had only weeks to get...  

[Vanguard] Abuja - Defence minister, Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed, has expressed satisfaction with the commencement last week of airlift of arms, beddings, operational vehicles and other logistic items to over 3,300 military peace keepers currently serving under the auspices of the United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and UNMIL in Liberia.  

A Sudan news agency says Sudanese armed forces have repulsed an attack by Darfur rebels in a town in South Darfur. Nine soldiers and an unknown number of rebels were killed. The semiofficial Sudan Media Center quoted government spokesman Ahmed ...  

May 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — A Darfur rebel leader said a regime change in Khartoum is a radical option but remains the only viable solution to take Sudan out of an endemic political instability and repeated violations of human rights. SLM-AW leader Abedl ...  

Khartum/Berlin (ots) - Wegen Einschränkungen durch die sudanesischen Behörden musste die medizinische Hilfsorganisation ÄRZTE OHNE GRENZEN die meisten Aktivitäten in Jebel Si in Nord-Darfur einstellen. "Damit sind in Jebel Si mehr als 100.000 Menschen ohne medizinische Versorgung", sagt Alberto Cristina, ...  

El Fasher — The World Food Programme says that 30 percent of the population of Darfur is threatened with food insecurity and in need of urgent aid. The Programme conducted surveys in Darfur finding around 30 percent to be in need of urgent assistance ...  

The group, also known as MSF, says it has no more drugs or medical supplies to treat people in the Jebel Si region. Jebel Si is considered a conflict zone because of the presence of several rebel groups. As a result, the Sudanese government has denied ...  

[Sudan Tribune] Khartoum - North Darfur governor Osman Mohamed Youssef Kibir stated Saturday that rebel groups are preparing to carry out attacks in the region after a decrease of violence in western Sudan.  

KHARTOUM, Sudan, May 30 (UPI) -- A British aid worker for the U.N. World Food Program was released in the South Darfur region of Sudan after 86 days in captivity, the agency announced. Patrick Noonan and his Sudanese driver were abducted March 6 ...  

“That is a very important precedent and I hope that Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and Sudan’s Omar Hassan al-Bashir take note.” Accused of genocide in Darfur, Sudan’s President Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court. The court will soon ...  

Kofi Annan has seen a lot of genocide. He hasn’t been the monster pulling the trigger, or ordering the deaths. But to hear his critics tell it, as head of the United Nations Peacekeepers in 1994 and 1995 he failed to prevent the Rwandan genocide and the massacre at Srebrenica in former Yugoslavia. The 2003 Darfur [...]  

Omdurman — The security service arrested Darfuri student Ahmed Muhammed Ibrahim from the popular market in Omdurman on Thursday. Witnesses said Ahmed was taught English at the Islamic University of Omdurman and studying in his final year. A security unit ...  

Patrick Noonan was taken hostage in Darfur nearly three months ago while working for UN World Food ProgrammeA British aid worker abducted by gunmen in Sudan's western Darfur region has been released after 86 days in captivity.Patrick Noonan was working for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) when he was snatched along with his Sudanese driver, who was released later the same day, on 6 March. Noonan had been working in Sudan as a logistician for...  

[Radio Dabanga] Jebel Marra - The coordinator of internally displaced person camps in North Darfur, Ahmed Atim said the situation of civilians in Jebel Marra is becoming desperate.  

Mornei, Zamzam — Residents of camp Mornei in Central Darfur suffer from poor health conditions as diseases like malaria and malnutrition spread rapidly. Especially children, elderly and pregnant women suffer from the diseases. Residents told Radio ...  

[Sudan Tribune] Khartoum - Sudan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Saturday has filed a new complaint accusing the South Sudan of carrying attacks on its territory in Darfur and South Kordofan and providing support to rebel groups.  

Patrick Noonan, 48, was snatched in March while working for the World Food Programme (WFP) in the South Darfur region of the African country. He was released after 86 days in captivity and was "looking forward to seeing his family", the WFP said.  

Patrick is now in the care of the World Food Programme (WFP ... He went to Darfur with the aim of helping vulnerable people and his kidnapping was a great strain on his family, friends and colleagues. We are thankful for his safe release."  

The offices of the Sudan Council of Churches SCC and relief organisation Sudan Aid both in the Darfur region have reportedly been closed down by the Sudanese government without warning Observers suspect Sudans reported war on religious minorities specifically Christians may have been motivation for the closures  

[Radio Dabanga] El Fasher - The leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement factions led by Abdel Wahid and Minni Minawi and the Justice and Equality Movement have pledged a joint appeal to the international community - the UN Security Council and human rights and humanitarian organisations - to immediately move to save the people of Darfur, including the displace, refugees and rural villagers from impending...  

[Radio Dabanga] Doro - A number of Darfuri refugees at Doro camp in Upper Nile, South Sudan have told Radio Dabanga about their ongoing suffering and tragedy of displacement after fleeing from Darfur to Blue Nile in search of refuge.  

[Radio Dabanga] Zalingei - Displaced people at Hamidiya camp in Zalingei have said that the security service and the governor of Central Darfur asked them to hand over camp resident Adam Ahmed Ishaq, who is accused of killing Abdul Jabbar, shot dead last week in the camp.  

[Radio Dabanga] Gereida - On a visit to Gereida on Thursday, South Darfur governor Hamad Ismail Hamad addressed the army, describing the rebel movements that entered the area earlier this month as 'enemies of Sudan'.  

Khartoum — The Sudan Revolutionary Front has announced that is now operating in Darfur, Kordofan, the Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile, united with the goal of toppling and changing the regime in Khartoum. In an interview with Radio Dabanga leader of a ...  

Khartoum accuses South Sudan of backing a major insurgency in South Kordofan state, as well as in Blue Nile, and also of working with Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels from Darfur. The South says it does not back the rebels but suspected JEM ...