Sudan accuses Chad of Darfur air raids
AFP - Thu Jul 16, 5:46 pm ETSudan accused Chad on Thursday of launching air raids on its western region of Darfur, an area believed to be the base of Chadian opposition rebels, state media reported.
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Sudan accused Chad on Thursday of launching air raids on its western region of Darfur, an area believed to be the base of Chadian opposition rebels, state media reported.
Sudanese government cooperation with peacekeepers in Darfur has improved and major violence there is now uncommon but the situation of civilians remains dire, says a new report by U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon.
Chad's government on Friday denied accusations that it launched air raids on the Sudanese region of Darfur, saying it bombed rebel positions on its own territory.
Sudan's government has criticized President Barack Obama for calling the conflict in Darfur a "genocide."
Sudan must dismantle its system of impunity for atrocity crimes or there will be no peace in Darfur and the north-south civil war could again erupt. The root cause of Sudan’s many crises is the reluctance of the long-ruling National Congress Party (NCP) to enact policies that would bring justice to the victims of the country’s many conflicts. The NCP must accept judicial reforms and transitional ...
Chadian aircraft launched an air raid inside Sudanese territory on Thursday, days after reports the countries were planning reconciliation talks, Sudanese state media reported.
Kidnappers of two female aid workers in Sudan's Darfur region have demanded $2 million for their release, but the government is determined not to pay, a minister said Tuesday.
Gutted busses and burnt out huts bear witness to an explosive row over Sudan's Abyei oil district, where an imminent court ruling on rival claims by civil war foes could stoke new trouble.
Government cooperation with peacekeepers in Darfur has improved, the United Nations said.
The UN Security Council on Friday called on parties to the dispute over the oil-rich Sudanese town of Abyei to abide by a ruling to be rendered next week by an arbitration court.
A major Darfur rebel group threatened on Monday to pull out of discussions with Sudan's government if mediators insisted on inviting other insurgents to negotiate.
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir described as "satisfactory" on Wednesday the implementation of a faltering north-south peace deal that ended over two decades of civil war.
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan is negotiating with the kidnappers of two Darfur aid workers for their safe release, preferably without paying the demanded ransom, Sudanese officials said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON — Diplomatic sources said the administration of President Barack Obama has intensified talks with Sudan in an effort to normalize U.S. relations with the Khartoum regime.
Egypt on Sunday urged rebel groups in war-torn Darfur to unite to help end the fighting which has plagued the western Sudanese province since 2003, the official MENA news agency reported.