Full Coverage: North Africa

26.07.2006 The United States, with its unique power and leverage with the government of Sudan, could advance the goal of deploying a UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

25.07.2006 NEW YORK, Jul 24 (OneWorld) - A leading U.S.-based humanitarian group is urging the George W. Bush administration to engage all rebel groups in the Darfur peace process as the U.S. president prepares to talk with the leader of just one particular faction.

21.07.2006 L’uccisione di tre uomini nei pressi del campo di Zalinge in Darfur occidentale (Sudan) ha portato alla sospensione di tutte le attività umanitarie delle agenzie della Nazioni Unite nella zona a ridosso del confine con il Ciad. Lo ha riferito all'agenzia Misna l’Alto commissariato delle Nazioni Unite per i rifugiati (Acnur/Unhcr), precisando che l’uccisione dei tre dipendenti di una società idrica è solo l’ultimo di una serie di episodi violenti avvenuti negli ultimi giorni e che dimostra la grande insicurezza che ancora si registra nell’area. Intanto nei giorni scorsi, in occasione della conferenza dei donatori a Brussels, Amnesty International ha sollecitato il rafforzamento della Missione dell'Unione africana in Sudan (Amis), in modo che le sue truppe possano garantire un'effettiva protezione alla popolazione civile del Darfur. Nonostante la firma, a maggio, dell'Accordo di pace per il Darfur e la presenza, dal giugno 2004, dell'Amis, la crisi umanitaria nel Darfur resta catastrofica e gli abusi nei confronti della popolazione civile proseguono su scala massiccia.

20.07.2006 Only international intervention will stop the genocide in Darfur, says Africa Action.
+ Pump up the power to protect

19.07.2006 “What was written in the Darfur Peace Agreement is just paperwork,” says a local leader of the Masalit tribe in Gereida, south Darfur. “After the signing, attacks have increased.” An international humanitarian organisation demands action, as Donors pledge to boost African force.

19.07.2006 As Sudanese refugees and internally displaced people return home by the thousands, humanitarian needs remain massive. Lars Schwed Nygaard describes attenpts to crope at a ruined hospital in the town of Bor.

18.07.2006 A call for urgent action to end the violence and suffering in Darfur was made today by a group of leading aid agencies, which warned that the African Union Force there was chronically underfunded and unable to do its job.
+ Pledging conference must commit to increasing protection of civilians in Darfur

14.07.2006 Aid worker Peter Biro, who has just returned from Darfur, shares his impressions of the situation for refugees, who suffer attacks and poor living conditions, as the crisis continues.

10.07.2006 Beatings, electric shocks and the forced ingestion of dirty water, urine and chemicals are among the methods that continue to be used by Algeria's security forces with systematic impunity, Amnesty International said in a report published today.

04.07.2006 Sudan's president has agreed to a reinforcement of the poorly funded African Union peacekeeping effort in Darfur, but he still opposes the deployment of UN peacekeepers within the strife-torn region.

04.07.2006 From Sudan to Kosovo and Liberia, Mercy Corps shows how soccer can be used to bring people together, spark community reinvestment, and teach young people about HIV/AIDS.

03.07.2006 Kansainvälisen yhteisön on ryhdyttävä kiireellisiin toimiin siviilien suojelemiseksi Tsadin itäosissa Sudanin raja-alueilla, ihmisoikeusjärjestö Amnesty International vaatii. YK:n ja Afrikan unionin on painostettava Sudanin hallitusta hyväksymään pikaisesti rauhanturvaoperaation käynnistäminen Darfurissa, jotta väkivalta ei leviä entisestään.