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latest news & developmentsLack of principled African leadership, action in Sudan
What began in April 2023 as a power struggle between the leaders of the SAF and RSF has evolved into widespread abuses, generating the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with…
Peacekeepers held in Darfur to be freed after poll result
Four South African peacekeepers who were kidnapped in Darfur over a week ago will be released after election results are out.
South African peacekeepers kidnapped in Darfur
Four South African peacekeepers have been kidnapped in Sudan’s Darfur region, in the largest single abduction of foreigners in the war-torn region.
The war in Darfur is over, says Sudan’s al-Bashir
"Darfur is now at peace," Sudan President Omar al-Bashir said on Wednesday of the seven-year conflict that devastated the region.
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…
Two main Darfur rebel groups to boycott talks
Darfur’s two main rebel groups will not attend United Nations-African Union mediated peace talks in Libya, their leaders said on Friday, dashing any chance of a peace deal to end…
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…
Darfur attack: ‘The fighting was terrible’
The 1 000 Darfur rebels waited until sunset, the end of the Ramadan fast, to begin their assault. Some of the outgunned African peacekeepers, caught by surprise, fought back.…
UN chief urges political progress in Darfur
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Darfur region of western Sudan on Wednesday, promising to step up pressure for a political solution to the festering…
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…
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…