Full Coverage: Sudan

28.06.2006 Peace agreements, post-conflict reconstruction, and governance do better when women are involved, according to research in Sudan, Congo and Uganda by the International Crisis Group.

27.06.2006 The Sudanese government has lifted the restrictions it imposed on June 26th on United Nations relief operations across the western region of Darfur.

27.06.2006 The Sudanese government has lifted the restrictions it imposed on Monday on UN relief operations across the western region of Darfur.

27.06.2006 United Nations officials were yesterday trying to break a diplomatic impasse after the Sudanese government suspended their operations in the western region of Darfur.

22.06.2006 The existence of between 500,000 and two million mines is hampering the return of millions of displaced southern Sudanese.
+ UN refugee agency short of funds to help Liberians home

22.06.2006 While much attention has been given to the crisis in Darfur, little mention has been made to over 110,000 refugees from Ethiopia and Eritrea on the eastern border of Sudan. Workers there claim that the refugees' basic needs are just as dire and urgent as those in Darfur.

21.06.2006 The people of Darfur have faced more than three years of government-sponsored genocide, says Africa Action. As the death toll continues to rise, there has been no real response to this genocide, as the organisation's chronology shows.

21.06.2006 The eastern rebels, which have been active near the Eritrean border, signed a ceasefire and agreed on a framework for peace talks to end the conflict. Regional observers believe a peace deal is urgently needed to avoid renewed hostilities as the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army pulls out.

20.06.2006 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 (IPS) - The eastern areas of Sudan near the Eritrean-Ethiopian border are drought-stricken and dry during the hot months, and in recent years, a steady decline in rainfall continues to threaten basic survival efforts such as the cultivation of land and raising of livestock.

20.06.2006 A group of graduating eighth graders and their parents are putting together a shipment of desperately needed medical supplies to aid the people of Darfur. The money raised by the families was leveraged into over a half a million USD worth of medications and drugs by a DC-based non-profit.

20.06.2006 A day after UN warnings of deteriorating access to humanitarian aid for over 2 million people in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir reportedly said today that Sudan rejects 'colonial' troops.
+ Darfur rally today
+ Darfur’s fragile peace agreement

15.06.2006 Oil investment is causing forced migration and violence in southern Sudan, warns a leading international refugee organisation.
* ICC finds evidence of Darfur massacres, prepares prosecution

13.06.2006 A guard at the UN refugee agency's field office in Habila, western Darfur, was shot and wounded during an attack last night by four men in military uniform, the UNHCR said this morning.

09.06.2006 Courts established by the Sudanese government to deal with the widespread crimes in Darfur have failed to provide justice to victims, says a new briefing paper.
* Rebel splinter factions commit to Darfur peace deal

08.06.2006 With the breaking of the ceasefire in Sudan, it is clear that the the May peace agreement is fragile at best, says Africa Action, which is supporting the weekly protests at the Sudanese embassy in Washington by the Congressional Black Caucus.
* African Union calls for UN force in Darfur
* UN missions visit African Union headquarters

07.06.2006 The UN refugee agency says it is "extremely concerned" about continuing attacks by janjaweed militia in eastern Chad and the potential for more internal displacement of local Chadians.

07.06.2006 Talks between a Security Council delegation and Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir on Tuesday failed to reach a consensus on the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force.

06.06.2006 For Anwar Bakar – whose family was shot in front of his eyes in Darfur - it is simple: "I would be murdered or killed if I went to Khartoum."

05.06.2006 Hundreds of survivors of genocidal violence in Darfur who have fled to the UK are threatened with removal to Khartoum as failed asylum-seekers, according to a report released today.