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.  

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...  

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 »  

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.  

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...  

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...  

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 ...