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/ 21 April 2008

A letter from Darfur

Sudan is a tough nut to crack. There are two peacekeeping missions — one a joint African Union-United Nations effort set to become the world’s biggest, the other a UN mission keeping a lid on what had been Africa’s longest-running civil war in southern Sudan — and a strong central government that enjoys the support of the world’s emerging superpower, China.

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/ 2 October 2007

Elder statesmen kick off tour of Darfur

A group of elder statesmen, including former US president Jimmy Carter and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, urged all sides in Darfur’s bloodshed to reach a peace deal as they began a tour on Tuesday of the war-torn region. The visit comes days after rebels overran an African Union peacekeeping base in northern Darfur.

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/ 23 May 2007

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 force in Darfur insists it is still making a difference. The force has paid a high price for its efforts to stem the violence in Darfur, which has killed at least 200 000 people.

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/ 7 August 2006

Darfur peace accord sparks rising insecurity

A May deal that was supposed to help end the conflict in Darfur has instead sparked months of fighting between rival rebel factions, according to aid groups, the United Nations and beleaguered African Union peacekeepers. Fresh clashes have left countless dead in the last two months and displaced nearly 50 000 people.