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Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region on Monday threatened to attack any election officials that came into their territory, underlining the challenges facing the country's first multi-party poll in 24 years.
Cross-posted from the Department of State's blog . On October 19, Secretary Clinton, accompanied by Ambassador Rice and myself, released the Obama Administration’s new comprehensive strategy to confront the serious and urgent situation in Sudan. As mentioned in my past blog post , the strategy focuses on three major areas: ending the conflict in Darfur, implementing the North-South Comprehensive ...
China's premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in new low interest loans to African nations over three years, offering the beleaguered continent sorely needed cash while dismissing criticism that Beijing's motives in Africa are far from altruistic.
JUBA, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) - Sudan has started registering voters for presidential, legislative and regional elections, but officials in the south and international observers say the process has begun on a flawed note.
It’s not every day that people see a group of high-schoolers walking from class to class wearing pedicure flip-flops on their feet.
Tucked into a grimy building in Guangzhou, a small band of Chinese master carvers chip away at ivory tusks with chisels, fashioning them into the sorts of intricate carvings that were prized by Chinese emperors.
57 Nations Meet in Turkey to Talk Economics, but Ahmadinejad's Presence, Israeli Occupation May Steal Spotlight
Today, over 800 student activists converged on Capitol Hill for the largest lobby day to prevent genocide in history. The event was the culmination of the Pledge2Protect conference , which brought together students from all over the nation for training and education on the situations in Sudan, Burma and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
ABC's Jan Simmonds reports from New York: The New York Times’ “At War” blog has a write-up today about a new Saddam Hussein biography (part one of a trilogy) published in Sudan last month and there are rumors surrounding it...
The US-based Carter Centre, which has been charged with monitoring preparations for Sudanese elections next April, criticised the Khartoum authorities on Tuesday for impeding poll observers.
(RTTNews) - A British millionaire-businessman who illegally sold used military personnel carriers to war-ravaged Sudan in breach of an official embargo was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison, and ordered to pay £5,000 costs.
Air raids may no longer target the highlands of central Sudan, but heads still turn sharply to scan the skies at the sound of an aeroplane engine overhead.
Sudan's vice president on Thursday cautiously welcomed proposals from a panel of African leaders to end conflict in Darfur but said the question of a special court to try those charged with atrocities needed further discussion.
China's premier says Beijing will provide $10 billion in new loans to African nations over the next three years and has outlined a plan to cancel government debts for some of the poorest of those countries.
US envoy Scott Gration was shuttling between rival Sudanese leaders on Tuesday in a bid to resolve a row over rules for a promised vote on independence for the south that threatens to derail nationwide elections.
Darfuri tribesman who wrote about genocide visits Vail Valley Mike McKibbin Special to the Vail Daily Vail Valley, CO Colorado VAIL VALLEY, Colorado - Daoud Hari, who will speak in the Vail Valley Friday, buried his brother, was twice imprisoned and tortured and watched the destruction of his home village in the Darfur region of Sudan. With no home to return to and his family scattered across ...
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