Full Coverage: North Africa

30.10.2007 Civil society representatives from Darfur have called for a greater role in ongoing peace efforts by emphasizing the role they could play in re-unifying the parties to the conflict, notably key rebel groups absent at the current talks.

29.10.2007 Oxfam and Internet giant MySpace have teamed up to present 31 "Rock for Darfur" concerts around the United States plus Australia and South Africa on November 10. Last year's concerts raised $50,000 to support the people caught up in the violence in western Sudan.

26.10.2007 KHARTOUM, Oct 25 (IPS) - Long-awaited peace talks between Sudan's government and rebel groups from the country's war-torn Darfur region are due to begin in the Libyan port city of Sirte Saturday.

26.10.2007 Sudanin hallituksen ja Darfurin kapinallisten on määrä aloittaa rauhanneuvottelut Libyan Sirtessä huomenna lauantaina. Osapuolten rivit ovat kuitenkin jo ennen neuvotteluja rakoilleet niin, ettei kukaan oikein enää usko onnistumiseen.

25.10.2007 Parliamentarians from 11 East African countries have formed a peace team that "intend[s] to meet all warring parties in the region," beginning with those in Darfur.
From: New Times (Kigali)

25.10.2007 Kerjäläisten aseman parantamiseksi on kuitenkin tartuttu toimiin, Marokon sosiaalisen kehityksen ministeri Abderrahim Harrouchi vakuuttaa.

17.10.2007 A key group from South Sudan chose to rejoin the Khartoum government just days after leaving it saying that the terms of the 2005 peace accord had been violated.

12.10.2007 An activist campaign aims to secure Arab women equal access to laws that grant them nationality and allow them to confer it to their children and husbands. The "Claiming Equal Citizenship" site offers more information, personal testimonies of those denied citizenship, and resources for action.

07.10.2007 The south Darfur town of Haskanita that witnessed a deadly attack against African Union peacekeepers a week ago has been burned down, the United Nations Mission in Sudan reported.

03.10.2007 A new report on the torture of Darfuris in Khartoum is published in London today as activists and survivors prepare to rally outside Parliament to demand an end to the British government's policy of sending Darfuri victims of ethnic cleansing back to Khartoum.
From: Aegis Trust

01.10.2007 Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter, and Graca Machel are among the Elders visiting Sudan this week to listen, learn, and report back on the situation in Darfur. The 12 elder statesmen have come together to contribute their experience to resolving some of the world's most difficult crises.
From: The Elders

01.10.2007 Darfur rebels killed at least 12 peacekeepers at an African Union base in the deadliest attack yet on the peacekeeping force in its three-year mission, the AU said Sunday.
From: This Day (Nigeria)