It took more than a week for the fighting to reach Geneina, in Sudan’s far west. The town is now a shell of its former self
For 13 years, United Nations and African Union peacekeepers have been stationed in the Sudanese region of Darfur.
The killings come as protest leaders are due to hold talks with the ruling generals on Tuesday on the remaining aspects of installing civilian rule
The Janjaweed militia first came into play when Omar al-Bashir’s government deployed it in Darfur
The Central Committee for Sudanese Doctors said Wednesday that 40 bodies had been pulled from the Nile, sending the death toll soaring to at least 108
Sudan on Thursday condemned an attack on United Nations-led peacekeepers in Darfur, accusing rebels of orchestrating the ambush.
The sun-blasted desert between this small Chadian border town and Sudan’s Darfur is scattered with stunted trees and thorny shrubs. Beneath each one, Sudanese refugees huddle under blankets or sheets tied to branches, desperately seeking shade.