Darfur, Sudan News

The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross , Jakob Kellenberger, has called for the safe, unconditional and immediate release of ICRC staff members Gauthier Lefevre, who was kidnapped in West Darfur, Sudan, on 22 October 2009, and Laurent Maurice, seized in eastern Chad on 9 November 2009.

December 19, 2009 a 'Security and humanitarian situation the restive Darfur region are improving, said Sudanese officials in a conference on human rights held in El Fasher today.

The Secretary-General is deeply gratified to learn that two civilian staff members from the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur , who were abducted at gunpoint from their accommodation in West Darfur, Sudan, on 29 August, are now free and in the care of UNAMID.

December 13, 2009 a ' Kidnappers in Darfur today released two civilian employees of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission.

December 12, 2009 a ' Sudanese government troops killed fifteen gunmen involved in an attack against a member of the federal parliament in the troubled Darfur region.

KHARTOUM: Fifteen gunmen accused of involvement in the assassination of an MP in the western Sudanese region of Darfur were killed in clashes with security forces yesterday, a local police chief said.

Khartoum - Gunmen in the western Sudanese region of Darfur shot and killed an MP from the ruling party on Thursday, a police official told AFP.

Gunmen ambushed U.N./African Union peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region and exchanged fire with them for 25 minutes in the third attack on the force in less than a week, officials said on Wednesday.

" The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon phoned Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir to convey to him the nomination of the Nigerian diplomat Ibrahim Gambari as head of the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan official news agency reported today.

December 4, 2009 - Recently, two authors have published an interesting, thoughtful book titled The Scramble for Africa: Darfur - Intervention and the USA.

The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration authorities this week completed a reintegration exercise for over 200 former rebels from SLA/Peace Wing .

WASHINGTON - Today the Save Darfur Coalition is honoring Darfuri physician, Dr. Mohamed Ahmed, as part of an initiative associated with the internationally-observed '16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence.' For each of the 16 days, the coalition's unique campaign will honor a leader in the fight to empower, protect and uplift women in Sudan, ...

Khartoum's U.N. envoy, rejecting a bleak U.N. assessment of the situation in Sudan's conflict-torn western Darfur region, said on Monday it was time for international peacekeepers to prepare to leave.

Bruce David Janu presents his documentary film "Crayons and Paper" on the Darfur region of Sudan Monday night in the Lecture Hall of Doudna Fine Arts Center.

The Ministry of National Defense said Ethiopia has deployed more than 3,000 peacekeepers in Liberia and Darfur alone.

South Aiken High School teacher Sherry Shipes readily acknowledges with a smile that "Students Taking Action Now: Darfur" is the weird club on campus.

The United Nations has awarded 91 officers of the Philippine National Police for serving in the UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan.

This past weekend, Women of Color got an opportunity to listen to Stephanie Nyombayire, a young Rwandan woman, who is a representative from the Genocide Intervention Network .

It was late in the evening when the gunmen came, some on horseback, others on foot, to terrorize the residents of a small settlement north of Gereida in Darfur, Sudan.

" The Sudanese government will begin closing down the camps for the displaced population in war torn region of Darfur next year, a senior official said today.