June 16, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — Over 20 people were killed during clashes between two rival tribes in southwest of the town of Zalingei in West Darfur.
The regular conflicts between the two Arab nomads tribes occur in the restive and arid province over the pasture and water sources which are almost non-existent during the summer.
June 13, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese government today denied the existence of a flight ban in Darfur but acknowledged that some “protective measures” have been taken to protect aid workers.
The European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, speaking to Reuters after a four-day visit to Sudan, said Sudanese authorities had turned down 26 of more than 30 recent requests for aid road trips in…
June 7, 2010 (WASHINGTON) — The tour by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden in Africa is aimed mainly at discussing the issues facing Sudan particularly relating to the 2011 self-determination referendum, a major milestone in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) brokered by Washington, according to a news report today.
Biden who flew in from Egypt arrived today in Kenya at the second-leg of three-stop African tour which will end in South…
June 7, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese parties to Doha peace talks have officially resumed today peace negotiations to end the seven year conflict in Darfur announcing their endorsement to a work plan proposed by the mediation
Ante Up for Africa, an organization that supports DPDO’s high school and Women’s Center programs, is holding its 4th annual celebrity poker tournament on July 3rd in Las Vegas.
Players at the event will include celebrities Don Cheadle, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Ray Romano, and poker pros Annie Duke, Phil Gordon and Phil Hellmuth.
Ante Up for Africa was founded by Don Cheadle, Annie Duke, and Norman Epstein in 2006 to raise…
By Maram Mazen
May 31 (Bloomberg) — The Sudanese army clashed today with two rebel groups in the western region of Darfur, the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission said.
“The security situation in Darfur is tense following reports of fighting between Sudanese armed forces and the Justice and Equality Movement,” the mission, also known as UNAMID, said today in an e-mailed statement.
The clashes took place in the Um Sauna area, north east…
May 29, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – Humanitarian situation in Darfur remains serious, said a UN senior official during a visit to western Sudan on Saturday urging local authorities to facilitate the activities of aid groups.
The top United Nations aid official, John Holmes, was today in South Darfur state where he visited camps of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and discussed the humanitarian situation with the state officials.
May 26, 2010 (DOHA) — Darfur peace talks will resume during the first week of June announced today the Qatari state minister for foreign affairs after a meeting with the Sudanese Presidential adviser.
Last April the mediation suspended the negotiations between two rebel groups and the delegation of the Sudanese government due to general elections in the country.
May 25, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese Presidential Adviser discussed today with Darfur mediation ways to conclude a peace agreement with rebel Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) before the end of next month, a pro government media reported today.
Ghazi Salah Eddine Attabani arrived Tuesday in Doha for talks with Qatari Prime Minister Hamad Jassim Jabr Al Thani, the Qatari state minister for foreign affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud and the Joint Chief Mediator Djibril Basole.
(CNN) — An American citizen is among three aid workers kidnapped in the war-torn western Sudanese region of Darfur, the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum said Wednesday.
The 36-year-old Californian woman was with two Sudanese colleagues when their two-vehicle convoy was stopped by a group of armed men Tuesday, said Samaritan’s Purse — the organization for which they work.
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