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African nations unite to defend Sudanese leader
Source: Independent.co.uk

After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur.

The Manhunt for African Cult Killer Joseph Kony
Source: Newsweek

Shortly after dawn last Dec. 14, four Ugandan Mi-24 helicopters banked low over the thick forest canopy of Congo's Garamba National Park. A dense fog had rolled in overnight, and the weather had turned nasty.

After Indictment, Sudan Holds Its Breath
Source: CFR.org - Daily Analysis

In July 2008, chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo asked the International Criminal Court to indict the president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, for abuses committed against the people of the Darfur region.

Menendez on Susan Rice confirmation as US ambassador to the United Nations
Source: YouTube

Rice served in the Clinton administration in various capacities: at the National Security Council from 1993 to 1997; as Director for International Organizations and Peacekeeping from 1993 to 1995; and as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs f …

Peace, Justice, and Darfur
Source: CFR.org - Daily Analysis

On July 14, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court took the first steps toward indicting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.

At five-year mark, Darfur crisis is only worsening – UN aid chief
Source: UN News Centre

John Holmes, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, told a Council meeting that he was saddened and angry to inform them that the situation inside Darfur had only worsened in the past 12 months, despite the efforts of the international community.

China Feels the Heat
Source: Newsweek

An interesting study in what drives most journalism, invectives, controversy. Listen to Newsweek journalism-" In recent weeks China has been acting less like a budding superpower than a tin-pot dictatorship—petulant, preachy, defiant.

China | The new colonialists
Source: The Economist

THERE is no exaggerating China's hunger for commodities. The country accounts for about a fifth of the world's population, yet it gobbles up more than half of the world's pork, half of its cement, a third of its steel and over a quarter of its aluminium.

Heavy fighting resumes in Chad's capital - Yahoo! News
Source: Yahoo! News

Chadian rebels renewed their assault on the capital of this oil-rich central African country Monday, and tens of thousands of people fled as gunfire crackled and artillery shells exploded across the city. The third day of fighting in N'Djamena threatened to further destabilize a …

Sudan army attacks Darfur partners in peace: rebels
Source: Reuters

Sudanese government troops and allied militia on Monday attacked a town belonging to the only Darfur rebel faction to sign a 2006 peace deal, the faction said.

Simple Sun-Cookers Take Off In Darfur, Grass-Roots Giving In U.S. Helps Women In Refugee Camps
Source: CBS News

When Harvard law student Jesse Gabriel organized a "Dinner for Darfur" fundraiser in April, he was amazed that 17 student groups got together and raised $16,000 in one night.

Stopping murder in Darfur
Source: The Economist

Sudan continues to dismiss the killings in Darfur, but the West shows renewed interest in stopping them.

Google Earth turns spotlight on Darfur
Source: BBC News

Using hi-tech satellite imagery, photos and eyewitness accounts, the ongoing crisis in Sudan's Darfur region is being brought into the homes of millions of internet users.

Wedged Amid African Crises, a Neglected Nation Suffers
Source: The New York Times

The crisis in the Central African Republic is now more than two years old, and the fighting has killed thousands of people and caused hundreds of thousands of the country's four million people to flee their homes.

China and Africa | A cautious welcome
Source: The Economist

China's relationship with Africa is growing more complicated

5 Lawmakers Arrested In Darfur Protest - CBS News
Source: CBS News

We the willing ,must stop this genocide.

Darfur violence 'as bad as ever'
Source: BBC News

The IOM warned the level of violence in Darfur had not lessened since fighting began in 2003, and was putting many areas beyond the reach of aid agencies.

Raising a Million Voices for Darfur
Source: inthesetimes.com

Right now, hundreds of thousands of people who have fled the Sudanese government's genocide in Darfur are packed into camps along both sides of the border with Chad.

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