The Darfur conflict

A community portal about The Darfur conflict with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Darfur conflict is an ongoing armed conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan, mainly between the Janjaweed, a militia group recruited from the tribes of the Abbala, and the non-Baggara people of the region. The Sudanese government, while publicly denying that it supports the Janjaweed, has provided arms and assistance and has participated in joint attacks with the group, systematically targeting the Fur, Zaghawa, and Massaleit ethnic groups in Darfur. The conflict began in July 2003. Unlike in the Second Sudanese Civil War, which was fought between the primarily Muslim north and Christian and Animist south, in Darfur most of the residents are Muslim, as are the Janjaweed.

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Aid workers free in Darfur after reported kidnap

From: www.afp.com

Two Sudanese staffers of Libya's Kadhafi Foundation who had been reported kidnapped in Darfur are free, Sudan's state minister for humanitarian affairs told AFP on Friday, saying they had never been abducted. "I have just contacted the security people at El-Fasher (capital of north Darfur). The two Sudanese from the Kadhafi Foundation were freed after half an hour. It was a misunderstanding," Abdel Baqi Gilani said, adding that they had never been kidnapped but declining to give details. Earlier, Kadhafi Foundation officials said the two, whose names were not given, had been kidnapped on Wednesday near El-Fasher. Following Gilani's announcement, they maintained their insistence ... Read Full Story

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Three peacekeepers wounded in Darfur shooting: UN

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Three peacekeepers were wounded, two of them seriously, when their vehicle came under fire in the Darfur region of western Sudan on Saturday, officials of the UN-African Union peace mission said. The four-wheel-drive with five Nigerian policemen on board came under fire near Zalingei, in western Darfur, a senior official said, asking not to be named. "Three of the policemen were wounded, two of them seriously. They were evacuated by helicopter to Nyala hospital and are now in stable condition," the source said. Kemal Saiki, communications chief of the joint United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), confirmed three members of the police ... Read Full Story

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Suicide blasts target Somalia peacekeepers

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Two powerful explosions ripped through a Ugandan peacekeepers' compound at Mogadishu airport on Thursday, killing at least two people in a twin suicide attack claimed by hardline Somali rebels. The Islamist Shebab rebels, who have vowed to avenge the US raid that killed one of their leaders this week, said they had carried out the attacks on the base used by the Ugandan contingent of the African Union peacekeeping force. Western military sources and witnesses said two vehicles with United Nations markings were used in the attack. "We have carried out two holy attacks against the enemy and both missions were successful," a senior ... Read Full Story

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Head of troubled Darfur peacekeeping force resigns

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The head of the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region, who some diplomats say has been ineffective, is stepping down, the U.N. said on Tuesday. The world body is working closely with the AU to find a replacement for Rodolphe Adada, a former foreign minister of the Republic of Congo, U.N. spokeswoman Marie Okabe said. Other U.N. officials told Reuters on condition of anonymity that the United Nations and AU were considering several candidates from different parts of Africa. The U.N.-AU peacekeeping force in Darfur, known as UNAMID, said in a statement that Adada's resignation takes ... Read Full Story

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Darfur peacekeepers have 'ended massacres'

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"I have achieved results," the outgoing head of the UN-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur Rodolphe Adada told AFP in an interview, hitting back at criticism of its effectiveness in the western Sudanese region. "The main result is the end of massacres in Darfur," he said, as he prepared to step down as head of the world's biggest peacekeeping operation. Diplomats and observers have slammed the joint United Nations-African Union force (UNAMID) as inefficient, knocking Adada for his conciliatory tone with the Sudanese authorities, which the West accuses of atrocities in Darfur. "I would like to be judged, for UNAMID to be judged, on ... Read Full Story

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