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Main Rebel Groups to Skip Darfur Talks

Boycott of tomorrow's summit dims peace prospects for Sudan

Oct 26, 07 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two of Darfur's main rebel groups said today they will not attend peace talks scheduled to start in Libya tomorrow, dealing a significant blow to hopes for a quick end to the nation's civil war, Reuters reports. The UN-sponsored talks are still expected to go on with several other rebel... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • genocide • diplomacy • Sudan • peace process • boycott

Sudan to Call Darfur Ceasefire Ahead of Talks

Government to meet rebels this weekend; peace prospects dim

Oct 23, 07 6:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sudan will declare yet another ceasefire in Darfur this weekend, the Guardian reports, as the government sits down with the region’s rebel factions to try to hammer out a peace accord. Government officials called it a “confidence-building measure” designed to “give negotiators a chance to get out... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • Libya • African Union • peacekeeping force • Sudanese Liberation Army

Fading US Sway Leads to Darfur, Burma Inaction 

China is ignoring rights abuses for economic interests, Time says

Oct 15, 07 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Diminished US influence is allowing human rights violators in Darfur and Burma to get away with murder, Harvard expert Samantha Power writes in Time. America is speaking up louder than ever, but Uncle Sam’s diplomatic nadir makes for “a void in global human rights leadership.” China has... More »

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China • Darfur • genocide • human rights • US • Burma • Olympic Games

UK Warns Darfur Rebels Not to Skip Talks

Summit is aimed at uniting rebels for later talks with Sudan

Oct 9, 07 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UK Minister for Africa warned Sudanese rebel factions yesterday that if they boycott upcoming talks in Libya, “their role in the peace negotiations may be finished." The talks are aimed at finding common ground among the rebel groups in preparation for later talks with the Sudan government.... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • boycott • UK minister for Africa

Sudan Strike Breaks Treaty

Army attack on town may signal wider blitz; 'serious risk of going beyond Darfur'

Oct 8, 07 7:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sudan's military struck a Darfur village today, torching half of it and casting October peace talks into crisis. The attack also hit the sole Sudanese Liberation Army faction to sign a truce in 2006. "If they really wanted peace and negotiations they would not be attacking our areas,"... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Sudanese Liberation Army • Janjaweed

Darfur Town Laid to Waste

Village is razed in apparent payback for strike against AU base

Oct 7, 07 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Only a school and mosque were left standing in a Darfur town after attackers recently torched and looted it, leaving 7,000 villagers homeless, the BBC reports. Rebels blame the government for the strike, saying it was payback for last week's bloody raid on an African Union base. The UN... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • Crisis in Darfur • African Union

'Elder' Carter Not Taking Any Guff in Darfur

Ex-prez shouts at minders trying to keep him from refugees

Oct 3, 07 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Soft-spoken Jimmy Carter threw down today with Sudanese security officials who told him he couldn't meet fearful refugees, hollering "We're going to anyway!" and threatening to tell their president on them. The ex-president is touring Darfur, with a group of fellow diplomatic rock stars called "the Elders,... More »

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Darfur • Jimmy Carter • Sudanese • The Elders

Darfur Rebels Kill at Least 10 Peacekeepers in Raid

Rebels attack African Union base

Sep 30, 07 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - An overnight rebel attack on the African Union's base in Darfur has left at least 10 soldiers dead and 50 others missing in the bloodiest incident the peacekeeping force has seen since its 2003 inception. Some 30 rebel vehicles stormed and pillaged the base, but rebel sources told the BBC... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Desmond Tutu • Crisis in Darfur • African Union

Israel Welcomes
500 Darfur Refugees

All others
will be expelled

Sep 24, 07 3:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has agreed to allow 498 refugees who fled Darfur through Egypt to remain in the country, although their legal status remains undecided. Africans from other parts of the continent and new arrivals from Darfur, however, will be expelled. Egypt has agreed to accept refugees who are returned after trying... More »

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Israel • Africa • Darfur • Sudan • Egypt • Crisis in Darfur • Darfuris • asylum • refugee

Sudan's Leader Meets Pope, Vows to Honor Ceasefire

In controversial Italy visit, Bashir pledges quiet during October peace talks

Sep 14, 07 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, in a rare and controversial visit to Italy, promised today to observe a ceasefire in Darfur during October peace talks. Pope Benedict used a meeting with Bashir to stress the importance of human rights, while Italy’s PM voiced “strong concerns” over the four-year genocidal... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • genocide • Pope Benedict XVI • Europe • Sudan • Italy • religious freedom • Omar al Bashir • Khartoum • Janjaweed

Israel Agrees
to Accept Darfuris

Citizenship will be extended to some, not all, Sudanese refugees

Sep 6, 07 6:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has softened its stance on the Sudanese refugees who have been seeking the right to stay in the country, saying yesterday it will grant citizenship to 300 to 500 Darfuris whose fate has generated widespread concern. Said the Jewish state’s interior minister, “Israel, with its history, must... More »

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Israel • Darfur • Sudan • Egypt • refugee • kibbutzim

UN Chief to Visit Darfur Camp

Ban wants to witness plight first hand

Sep 5, 07 5:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will visit a refugee camp in Darfur to see for himself the plight of displaced people there and conditions facing UN peace keepers who will arrive next year. Ban, who's in Sudan on an official visit, is playing a double role, encouraging the Sudanese... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • war crimes • refugee camp • civil war • African Union • peacekeeping force • Juba • Salva Kiir • Ban Ki-Moon

Israel Rejects Refugees from Darfur Region

Jewish state conflicted about denying migrants targeted by genocide

Aug 19, 07 4:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has turned back 48 Africans to Egypt and says it will no longer accept Darfur refugees who illegally enter the country, the AP reports. Some of the 50 migrants a day who have already snuck into the country will be allowed to stay, Israel says, but all others will... More »

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Israel • Africa • Darfur • genocide • Sudan • Egypt • asylum • refugee

African Union Rejects Asian Troops for Darfur

Claims African countries can supply all 26,000

Aug 13, 07 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Asian troops promised by the United Nations for a joint peacekeeping force in Darfur won't be needed, the leaders of the African Union said yesterday; African countries  will supply all 26,000 peacekeepers, the BBC reports. But critics doubt that enough trained African soldiers are available for an effective force,... More »

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Africa • United Nations • Indonesia • Darfur • Pakistan • Sudan • African Union • peacekeeping force • Nepal

UN OKs 26K Troops for Darfur

But force will have limited license

Jul 31, 07 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Security Council voted today to send as many as 26,000 soldiers and police to Sudan, Reuters reports. But the combined UN-African Union peacekeeping troops will have permission to use force only to defend civilians and humanitarian workers, a watering-down of proposals that would have allowed troops to seize... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • Gordon Brown • African Union • UN Security Council

Darfur Lake Is Dried Up, Draining Hope

Huge underground lake, a hope for peace, emptied 5K years ago

Jul 20, 07 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hopes for an enormous underground lake discovered recently in Darfur might supply enough water to end starvation and violence in the area were dimmed by a second opinion from  a French geologist. The area receives too little rain and has the wrong type of rocks for water storage, said a... More »

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Africa • Darfur • genocide • water • Boston • Sudan • Crisis in Darfur • lake • geologist • resources • Darfuris

Darfur Hopes Lie in Hidden Lake

A hidden lake could spur 1,000 wells and quell deadly competition over resources in Darfur

Jul 18, 07 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A giant lake discovered beneath Darfur could lead to resolution of the conflict in the region, where genocide has claimed the lives of more than 200,000 Darfuris and 2 million people have been left homeless since 2003, the BBC reports. Radar revealed the ancient body of water, comparable in... More »

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climate change • Darfur • genocide • water • Sudan • lake • radar • Lake Erie • Arabs • farmer

Sudan OKs Darfur Peace Talks

Foreign minister backs UN-AU initiative

Jun 18, 07 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Months of negotiations over the crisis in Darfur have culminated in agreements by the Sudanese government to participate in peace talks and to admit a joint UN-African union peacekeeping force to the region. Security Council reps visited Khartoum yesterday and nailed down details that addressed the government's concerns, Reuters reports—... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • Sudan • African Union • peacekeeping force • Oxfam • UN Security Council

CIA Uses Spies From Sudan to Infiltrate Iraq

Secret cooperation said to undercut Bush actions against genocide

Jun 11, 07 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The CIA is secretly working with the Sudanese government to send spies into Iraq, even as the US condemns the regime's role in the Darfur genocide, the LA Times reports. Sudan's position as a gateway for Islamic militants heading for Iraq and Pakistan makes it ideal for sending spies into... More »

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Iraq • CIA • Darfur • genocide • Sudan • sanctions • Islamic militants • spy

Bush Tightens Sudan Sanctions

Toughened economic measures thwart
UN negotiators,
draw China's ire

May 29, 07 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush ordered new, tougher sanctions against Sudan today, ratcheting up pressure on Khartoum to end violence in the Darfur region. In an effort to keep the government from exploiting US resources to carry out genocide, the measures beef up enforcement and increase the number of companies and individuals barred... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • genocide • Sudan • sanctions • George W. Bush • UN Security Council

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