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Inquiry into Hamas killing ups pressure on Israel

Israel came under fresh pressure on Thursday as Australia became the latest country seeking answers over the killing of a top Hamas militant.

Conflict feared as Sudan-Chad tensions escalate

The threat of open conflict between Sudan and neighbouring Chad is rising, with each side accusing the other of seeking to destabilise their already tense common border. Sudan…

Darfur rebels kidnap foreign oil workers

A Darfur rebel group has attacked a Sudanese oilfield and kidnapped a Canadian and an Iraqi worker, a leader of the group said on Thursday, vowing further attacks. ”We attacked…

Crisis talks falter in south Sudan

Crisis talks between Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and southern leader Salva Kiir ended on Thursday without agreement on getting his former rebels to rejoin the unity…

Sudan reshuffles Cabinet to woo back ex-rebels

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has reshuffled his Cabinet in a bid to ease tensions with southern former rebels who pulled out of the unity government last week, an official…

AU vows justice for killers of Darfur peacekeepers

The African Union on Monday began probing an unprecedented attack on one of its bases in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur that left 10 peacekeepers dead and 25 missing, vowing to…

African Union force proud of role in Darfur

Some of its men have not been paid for four months and, with few helicopters or troop carriers, it has to rely on diplomacy to keep the peace, but the beleaguered African Union…

Mbeki in Sudan for talks on Darfur peace force

South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday to join the global push for United Nations peacekeepers in Darfur, amid fears of a regional spillover after…

Sudan rejects ICC authority over Darfur

Sudan on Monday rejected the legitimacy of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in pressing charges over the conflict in Darfur. ”The position of Sudan is that this court has…

World still failing to end Darfur disaster

Four years after the conflict in Darfur erupted, violence and hunger continue to ravage the western Sudanese region as the international community fails to impose its will on…

Saddam set to face genocide charges in August

The trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on charges including genocide for a brutal campaign against Kurds in the 1980s, which left 100Â 000 people dead, was set down on…

Iraq reconciliation plan inspired by South Africa

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will offer an amnesty to some rebel groups and call for the disarmament of militias as part of a 28-point national reconciliation plan to stem…

Another Iraqi official assassinated

A senior official at Iraq’s Defence Ministry has been shot dead in Baghdad, officials said on Monday, in the latest attack against the new administration three weeks after the…