Full Coverage: North Africa

13.03.2008 As Sudanese officials warned that the UN was heading towards Iraq-style disaster in Darfur, a UN air service in the Sudanese province received $500,000 from a humanitarian organisation founded by Hollywood actors George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, producer Jerry Weintraub and civil rights lawyer David Pressman.

13.03.2008 Darfurin kriisi Sudanissa on johtanut vakaviin ihmisoikeusloukkauksiin, joiden uhreiksi ovat joutuneet erityisesti naiset. YK:n kehitysohjelma yrittää kriisin keskellä vahvistaa oikeusjärjestelmää, kouluttaa asianajajia ja tukea rikosten uhreja oikeusjuttujen nostamisessa.

12.03.2008 Although three years have passed since the Sudanese government and the nation's main rebel group signed a peace agreement, the humanitarian situation remains deplorable throughout the country, writes an international refugee agency.

07.03.2008 Thanks to training in fuel-efficient stove making, basket weaving, and other crafts, Asha, a Darfuri refugee, is managing to move beyond her tragic past and build a new life for her and her children.

06.03.2008 Tšadin kuumentuneen sisällissodan juuret ovat Darfurissa. Kansainväliseksi laajentuneessa konfliktissa Sudanin ja Tšadin hallitukset ovat kumpikin sekaantuneet toistensa sisäisiin levottomuuksiin.

05.03.2008 Chad ranks near the bottom of almost every world league table, poor, corrupt and lawless – and now under direct attack by rebels operating out of a base in Darfur in an invasion co-ordinated by Sudan, says Gérard Prunier.