Darfur
Hundreds flee heavy clashes in South Sudan refugee camp
Mar 17, 2013 08:06 EDT
Hundreds of Sudanese refugees fled heavy fighting in South Sudan, United Nations officials said Sunday, warning of "serious concerns" over the presence of armed groups in border camps.
Videogame power harnessed for positive goals
Mar 16, 2013 22:03 EDT
Even as videogames come under scrutiny for potential harmful impacts, researchers and developers are touting digital games for positive effects on health, learning and other social goals.
AU team on rare mission to Sudan's Darfur
Mar 16, 2013 13:46 EDT
The African Union's Peace and Security Council arrives in Sudan on Sunday to meet African peacekeepers serving in the troubled Darfur region, official media said, after fresh government-rebel clashes.
Thousands of Darfur refugees flee to Chad: UN
Mar 16, 2013 12:48 EDT
Around 12,500 Sudanese refugees fleeing inter-ethnic violence in the troubled Darfur region have crossed into Chad over the last four weeks, the UN refugee agency said Saturday.
UN seeks almost $1 bn aid for war-ravaged Sudan
Mar 13, 2013 15:35 EDT
The UN and its aid partners in Sudan need almost $1 billion to help victims of the Darfur conflict and wars in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, officials said Wednesday, as funding becomes harder to obtain for the country's long-running crises.
UN seeks almost $1 billion aid for war-ravaged Sudan
Mar 13, 2013 12:43 EDT
The UN and its aid partners in Sudan need almost $1 billion to address humanitarian needs resulting from the Darfur conflict and wars in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, officials said Wednesday.
Sudan attacks in Darfur breach sanctions: UN
Mar 04, 2013 07:18 EST
Sudan breached UN sanctions by using warplanes and rockets bought from Belarus and Russia in the Darfur conflict, according to UN experts who have called for a tightened embargo.
US urges talks to end decade-old Darfur war
Feb 26, 2013 19:00 EST
The United States on Tuesday marked 10 years of war in Darfur, warning that without political talks the Sudan region may face another decade of the devastating conflict.
Sudan opposition members held with no charge: HRW
Feb 26, 2013 06:47 EST
Sudan should charge or release six members of opposition political parties which held talks last month with rebel groups on a charter for toppling the government, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
Darfur tribal fighting 'killed 510' in 7 weeks
Feb 25, 2013 15:07 EST
More than 500 members of an Arab tribe in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region have been killed and almost 900 wounded in seven weeks of clashes, an MP representing the district said on Monday.
UN 'deeply concerned' by Darfur tribal fighting
Feb 24, 2013 15:46 EST
The UN on Sunday expressed deep concern over the latest deadly tribal violence in Sudan's Darfur region, which has hampered assistance for tens of thousands of people forced to flee earlier fighting.
Darfur tribal fighting hampers aid, concerned UN says
Feb 24, 2013 06:37 EST
The UN on Sunday expressed deep concern over the latest deadly tribal violence in Sudan's Darfur region, which has hampered assistance for tens of thousands of people forced to flee earlier fighting.
Arab militia kills 50 in Sudan's Darfur: residents
Feb 23, 2013 14:29 EST
An Arab militia firing heavy machine guns killed more than 50 people in Sudan's Darfur region on Saturday, residents said, continuing unrest that has caused the largest displacement of people in years.
'Real peace' elusive in Sudan's Darfur 10 years on
Feb 22, 2013 02:46 EST
The world may have tired of the civil war in Sudan's Darfur but for Fatima there is no escape from its painful legacy, a decade after fighting began.
Arab tribes clash in Sudan's Darfur: residents
Feb 21, 2013 15:42 EST
Arab tribes fought with heavy machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades in Sudan's Darfur on Thursday, resuming clashes that earlier caused the largest displacement of the population in years, residents said.
Darfur recovery 'needs $6 billion'
Feb 17, 2013 09:26 EST
The economic recovery of Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur needs an estimated $6 billion, the region's top official said on Sunday, appealing for international support 10 years after an insurrection began.
Britain urges Chad to arrest Sudan's Bashir
Feb 16, 2013 13:39 EST
Britain called on Chad on Saturday to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir while he visits N'Djamena for a regional summit and to hand him over to the International Criminal Court.
Aid to 100,000 Darfur displaced in jeopardy: UN
Feb 14, 2013 11:38 EST
Aid delivery is in jeopardy for an estimated 100,000 people affected by violence in Sudan's Darfur region unless authorities grant better access, the United Nations warned on Thursday.
Aid to 100,000 Darfur displaced in jeopardy, UN says
Feb 14, 2013 11:17 EST
Aid delivery is in jeopardy for an estimated 100,000 people affected by violence in Sudan's Darfur region unless authorities grant better access, the United Nations warned on Thursday.
Relief workers struggle after Darfur unrest, Oxfam says
Feb 13, 2013 14:13 EST
The largest displacement in years in Sudan's troubled Darfur region has left homes destroyed, crops burned and relief workers struggling to meet needs, the global aid agency Oxfam said on Thursday.
