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In a story Sept. 11, The Associated Press quoted a representative of refugees in the Darfur region of Sudan as saying a U.S. envoy was not welcome in the region's camps. The story should have said that the refugee representative identified himself only as Abu Sharati, an informal nickname he is known by, and that he spoke on condition of anonymity because he said he feared arrest by Sudan's Arab-led government.
Prosecutors on Monday accused a Sudanese rebel leader of planning an attack that killed 12 African peacekeepers, in the first Darfur case to reach an international tribunal.
Women and girls who fled the fighting in Darfur face rape and other violence daily in eastern Chad, even inside the very refugee camps where they have sought sanctuary, according to a report released Wednesday.
The Sudanese army said Sunday it has cleared several more areas of rebel control in North Darfur province ahead of peace talks set for October. Rebels denied the government claims.
The U.S. special envoy to Sudan is not welcome in Darfur's refugee camps because he has downplayed the scope of the crisis there, a refugee representative said Friday.
The outgoing U.N. peacekeeping chief in Sudan's Darfur region said the world should no longer consider the long-running conflict a war after a sharp decline in violence and deaths over the past year.
An armed group kidnapped two foreign civilians working for the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur on Saturday, a spokesman for the peacekeepers said.
Two foreign aid workers kidnapped by gunmen in Sudan's restive Darfur region are in good health and have been allowed to speak to their relatives, a government official said Sunday.
Human rights groups working to end the dying in Darfur fear for the survival of 2.5 million people huddled in refugee camps if the Obama administration doesn't put on record its plans to bring security to them.
Sudanese forces repelled a rebel attack on a northern Darfur military base — the second in about a week — in fighting that killed more than 60 people over the weekend, Darfur peacekeepers and government officials said.
Inspired by actress Mia Farrow, members of Congress announced Tuesday that they were beginning a limited hunger strike to show solidarity with the people in Sudan's Darfur region and demand President Barack Obama's help in ending the suffering there.
The first Darfur suspect to appear before an international court was once a prominent leader in the war-torn region's most powerful rebel group who broke away to form his own faction.
A Sudanese rebel leader surrendered to the International Criminal Court Monday to face war crimes charges stemming from the Darfur conflict and called on Sudan's president to do the same.
Gunmen shot and killed an unarmed peacekeeper outside his home in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region, the spokesman for the joint U.N.-African Union mission said Friday.
Two aid workers held hostage in Darfur, one French and one Canadian, were free Thursday after three weeks in captivity.
Five members of Congress have been arrested while protesting the expulsion of aid groups from Darfur in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington.
The war in Darfur is now a "a low-intensity conflict" with 150 deaths a month, down from the intense fighting that killed tens of thousands when it began, the peacekeeping chief in the Sudanese region said Monday.
With her health options limited, one woman in this Darfur refugee camp is considering a risky alternative: a traditional healer who promises his potion of holy water, charcoal and glue, touched by verses of the Quran, can cure her uterus inflammation.
President Barack Obama said Monday on the eve of an envoy's trip to Darfur that the humanitarian crisis there has worsened but global outrage could pressure Sudanese leaders to let aid workers return.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday he wants "the whole world" to demand that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir reverse his expulsion of 13 foreign aid organizations and three local ones that worked in Darfur.
More than one million people in Darfur will not get their food rations starting in May if Sudan and the United Nations can't fill gaps left by the expulsion of more than a dozen foreign aid groups, a joint U.N.-Sudanese assessment team said Tuesday.
Every day, a peacekeeper truck pulls into this teeming camp carrying loads of water, and is greeted by long lines of refugees.
Gunmen who came looking to steal satellite phones fatally shot a 39-year-old Sudanese relief worker in western Darfur, his Canadian-based aid agency said Tuesday.
Sudan, by expelling foreign aid agencies, has created the conditions for "untold misery and suffering" among hundreds of thousands of victims of the six-year-old war in the Darfur region, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday.
Three foreign aid workers abducted in Sudan's lawless Darfur region were released unharmed on Saturday, three days after their capture at gunpoint led international aid groups to question how they can continue to work in the area.
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French aid worker seized in Chad - ICRC A Frenchman working for the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) has been seized by armed men in eastern Chad, the aid group said on Tuesday.
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Obama extends sanctions on Sudan"U.S. President Barack Obama formally renewed U.S. sanctions on Sudan on Tuesday under his new strategy of keeping up pressure while offering incentives to the Khartoum government.
51st Aid Worker Killed in Eastern ChadThe U.N. refugee agency reports a Chadian colleague working in eastern Chad was killed in an ambush during the weekend. The UNHCR says dozens of humanitarian aid workers have been killed in eastern Chad this year.
Obama's Appeasement of Sudan's Genocidal Leader OK with Human-Rights CrowdFor most of the past few years, liberals who claim to care about human rights have pointed to the disaster in the Darfur region of Sudan as the prime example of the failure of the international system to act against genocide.
French aid worker kidnapped in Darfur French aid worker Gauthier Lefevre from the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) was kidnapped in Darfur on Thursday, the organisation said in a statement. The ICRC currently has no indication of who the abductors might be or of their motives, the statement said.
Obama shifts U.S. approach toward SudanPresident Barack Obama said Monday that the U.S. will shift its policy toward Sudan to one based on working with the Khartoum government instead of isolating it.
Two aid workers kidnapped in Darfur set free after three monthsTwo members of Irish aid agency GOAL kidnapped at gunpoint in Sudan's Darfur region in July were freed early Sunday after more than 100 days in captivity, a Sudanese minister told AFP.
Three peacekeepers wounded in Darfur shooting: UNThree 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.
Sudan Gunmen Kill 2 Policemen Guarding WFP Staff in Darfur Masked gunmen shot dead two policemen in Sudan who were guarding a guesthouse used by World Food Program staff in South Darfur, the United Nations organization said.
Obama Drops Plan to Isolate Sudan Leaders "The Obama administration has formulated a new policy for Sudan that proposes working with that country's government, rather than isolating it as President Obama had pledged to do during his campaign.
Darfur refugees raped in Chad camps: Amnesty "Women who fled violence in Sudan's Darfur region are being regularly raped in refugee camps in neighbouring Chad, despite the presence of U.N.-trained forces, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
She Wears the Pants"Lubna Hussein, the Sudanese woman found guilty of the crime of wearing trousers, may not have won her case, but she has done one important thing: made the Khartoum regime fear the world's response.-
Don't Forget Darfur Photo Petition"The upcoming United Nation's General Assembly session in New York City and G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh offer two excellent opportunities to focus attention on the situation in Sudan.
South Sudan tribal violence kills at least 1,200"Tribal violence in southern Sudan has killed at least 1,200 people this year and could mar the country's first multi-party elections in two decades if it is not stopped, the U.N.'s peacekeeping coordinator said.
Darfur peacekeepers say 2 civilians kidnappedAn armed group kidnapped two foreign civilians working for the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur early Saturday morning, a spokesman for the peacekeepers said.
Darfurians Escape to Freedom "Refugees from Darfur speak about the genocide, Omar el Bashir and the connection between Israel and Darfur
Darfur refugee youth gets free life-saving heart surgery"An 18-year-old refugee from the horrors of Darfur in Sudan underwent free, minimally invasive heart surgery on Wednesday at Holon's Wolfson Medical Center, through the Save a Child's Heart (SACH) organization.
Darfur: Two aidworkers missed in a fog of political gamesIT'S WHERE Arab faces off against African, Islam with Christianity, nomads with farmers, and old ethnic and tribal hatreds bubble up. Where three bitter conflicts divide a state into west, south and east, in Africa's largest country.
WFP may ground Africa flights due to lack of funds - Yahoo! NewsThe World Food Programme will be cutting flights, unless they can get donations to continue them. They had already cut some, but had got an infusion of cash to start up again in certain locations.
Armed Raid on Medair Compound in El Geneina, West Darfur A staff member was slightly injured when shots were fired during an armed raid on a Medair compound in El Geneina, West Darfur.
Darfur Kidnappers seek ransom for aid worker The men who kidnapped Irish aid worker Sharon Commins in Darfur last week are reportedly demanding a ransom for her release.
Chad: A look behind the scenes of aid work in AfricaAbéché is a town as dry and brown as burnt pie crust, its mud houses constantly blasted by a hair-dryer-hot wind. During winter, it cools down to the mid 80s. But it's the peak of the hot season now.
Irish charity worker kidnapped in DarfurFears are growing that an Irish aid worker kidnapped near Darfur was seized by an Islamist militia linked to the Sudanese regime, Irish government sources said last night.
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