Darfur Peace and Development

November 29, 2008 (DOHA) The French president Nicolas Sarkozy today warned his Sudanese counterpart Omer Hassan Al-Bashir that he needs to step up efforts to end the five year conflict in Western region of Darfur.

Sarkozy met with Al-Bashir privately on the sidelines of the UN development conference being held in the Arab Gulf state of Qatar. No other officials were present.

“I told him that the Darfur tragedy has now…

The joint United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has sent a team to verify allegations by the Sudan Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/M) of Government attacks on a village in South Darfur province following reports of renewed fighting in the war-torn region.

The team met the local SLA Commander who led then to the site where camels were allegedly stolen and children abducted in the attack on Abu Dengal, about 125 kilometres…

UN News Service (New York)
Unknown armed men have ambushed a peacekeeping patrol with the hybrid United Nations-African Union mission in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan, injuring one of the blue helmets and stealing a vehicle.

The mission, known as UNAMID, reported that a group of Nigerian peacekeepers were on patrol about 5:45 p.m. yesterday near the Geneina Super Camp in West Darfur state when they were ambushed by a…

By Daniel Van Oudenaren

November 10, 2008 (WASHINGTON) Activists set up some 350 tents on the national mall in front of the United States Capitol building this weekend, hoping to reenergize the U.S. Darfur movement and influence the president-elect.

Each of the tents was sent by a community somewhere in the United States, representing approximately 350 cities in 48 states.

Organizers envisioned that the tents, painted by congregations, schools and groups from around…

November 10, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — A large consultation meeting on Darfur crisis called today on the Sudanese government to declare ceasefire unilaterally and to accelerate efforts to end the five-year conflict in the troubled region of western Sudan. The conference also recommended after acceptance of Naivasha partners to dedicate a vice-president position to Darfur

The initiative to solve Darfur conflict was announced on July 13, the eve of the day that…

November 11, 2008 (EL FASHER) Nigerian peacekeepers were ambushed on Sunday in West Darfur, wounding a peacekeeper, and on the same day attackers shot at a humanitarian vehicle, wounding the driver in the left hand, according to a spokesman for the peacekeepers.

The UN – African Union hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) is tasked with protecting civilians and humanitarian workers, but it has come under attack.

At 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, the…

November 6, 2008 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir lashed out at Western countries and accused them of trying to topple his regime during the last 20 years.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir greets his supporters in Darfur’s capital of al-Fasher, Sudan, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 (AP) “We will not be broken and we will not kneel or be driven because they will not prolong our life or reduce our…

November 6, 2008 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese army is building up troops in the three states of Darfur and started crackdown against displaced claimed displaced representative who urged international community to provide them more protection.

Hussein Abu Sharati, Darfur IDPs and refugees’ spokesperson warned that the Sudanese army is building troops around the camps and mobilizes militias out side the towns. He further said more than 4000 vehicles full of troops arrived…

November 4, 2008 (WASHINGTON) – Democratic Senator Barack Obama won the American presidential election decisively on Tuesday, defeating Republican rival Senator John McCain.

Obama, the first African-American to win the presidency, will take office on January 20, 2009, following a record election in which roughly 100 million citizens voted.

Obama, a staunch supporter of sanctions against the current government of Sudan, has co-sponsored six measures to support Sudan divestment, international peacekeeping and…

November 2, 2008 (KHARTOUM) A senior Chinese official suggested that his country has no plans to introduce a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution suspending the indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir.

China’s special envoy to Africa Liu Guijin told the pro-government daily Al-Rayaam in a rare interview that he toured Washington, Paris and London to discuss the ICC move without elaborating on the…