By Nico Colombant Chad 29 May 2006 watch Chad Refugees report Sudan's war in the Darfur region has been devastating, marked by attacks in which pro-government militias have burned villages, killed people in front of their relatives, and raped young...
By Noel King Debbis, Darfur, Sudan 08 June 2006 The task of urging holdout rebels to sign the Darfur Peace Agreement has fallen to the African Union, which brokered the deal in Abuja, Nigeria. It is a difficult job, and across the region, AU peaceke...
By Noel King El Fasher, Sudan 05 June 2006 Sudanese children collect water from a well in the village of Brikatouly in South Darfur, Sudan The international community is pressing the parties in Sudan'...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 18 May 2006 U.S. officials say implementing the Darfur peace agreement requires sustained international attention to Sudan in coming months. A congressional hearing examin...
By David Gollust Washington 05 May 2006 Robert Zoellick U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, who helped reach Friday's Darfur peace accord in Nigeria, calls the deal an important step on th...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 05 May 2006 The Sudan government and the largest of the three main rebel groups have agreed in principle to sign an African Union-negotiated peace deal to end the conflict in...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 04 May 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is pleading with influential countries to pressure Darfur's warring parties to bring their peace talks to a successful co...
By Catherine Maddux Washington 04 May 2006 The pressure on Sudan's warring parties in the western Darfur region is growing as a third deadline approaches Thursday to reach a peace deal proposed by the...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 04 May 2006 Western and African diplomats are racing against time to strike a deal that will end what has been described as the worst humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur. T...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 03 May 2006 Senior Western and African diplomats have intensified their mediation at the deadlocked Darfur talks in Abuja. Darfur's two main rebel groups, the SLM and JEM, ha...