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Current Feed ContentSudan: Natural resource management tops UN agendaAs part of the UN's US$2.2 billion humanitarian appeal for Sudan, officials said their agencies would work to better manage natural resources in the African nation in the upcoming year.President of Sudan could face arrest over Darfur war crimesOn Monday 14 July, Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo submitted to the pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) an application for the issuance of an arrest warrant against Sudanese president Omar El Bashir for 10 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Amnesty International said that the announcement was “an important step towards ensuring accountability for human rights violations in Sudan.” The organization called upon the Government of Sudan to ensure...Sudan ambush leaves seven peacekeepers dead, more than a dozen woundedAt least seven United Nations peacekeepers are dead, and nearly two dozen wounded, after Janjaweed militants in Darfur, Sudan, ambushed their convoy around 11:45 GMT. Five of those troops were from the African nation of Rwanda. Troops fought with militants for over two hours after militantsambushed their convoy of 40 armoured vehicles. Sudanese media statesthat ten were wrecked beyond repair. Hafiz Mohammed, who leads the Sudan program at Justice Africa in London, England,says the latest attack...Sudan ambush leaves seven peacekeepers dead, more than a dozen woundedAt least seven United Nations peacekeepers are dead, and nearly two dozen wounded, after Janjaweed militants in Darfur, Sudan, ambushed their convoy around 11:45 GMT. Five of those troops were from the African nation of Rwanda. Troops fought with militants for over two hours after militants ambushed their convoy of 40 armoured vehicles. Sudanese media states that ten were wrecked beyond repair. Hafiz Mohammed, who leads the Sudan program at Justice Africa in London, England, says the latest...SUDAN: Bombings in Darfur cast doubt on resolving crisis-Days after the UN and African Union condemned as unacceptable thebombings of villages and markets in Darfur by Sudanese governmentplanes, at least 13 people were reported killed in an attack on aprimary school and market in North Darfur state. The 3-4 Maybombing of the school in Shegeg Karo by Antonov planes occurred whileclasses were in session, according to a statement from Darfur Diaries, an NGO that funds the educational centre. Gen Martin Luther Agwai, commander of the UN-AU force in...Sudan: Responding to humanitarian needs in Darfur and AbyeiLatest report on ICRC activities in the field ICRC teams carried out nearly 80 field missions in more than 60 rural areas throughout South, North and West Darfur during the first three months of the year, despite the prevailing insecurity and despite having only sporadic access to certain areas. Besides monitoring respect for international humanitarian law and maintaining its dialogue with all the parties to the conflict in Darfur, the ICRC provided health care and access to water. It also...SUDAN: Human Rights Watch calls on government to end sexual violence in DarfurThe Sudanese government and rebel groups in the war-ravaged Darfur region should immediately take measures to end the sexual violence endemic to the conflict, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. "The risk of sexual violence is a fact of everyday life for many women and girls in Darfur," HRW said in a 7 April report, Five Years On - No Justice for Sexual Violence in Darfur. "It is a particularly disturbing feature of the ongoing armed conflict, a consequence of abusive state armed forces and...SUDAN: Worsening banditry threatens humanitarian effort in DarfurRelief agencies in Sudan have expressed concerns over an alarming increase in the number of attacks by bandits against people carrying out humanitarian work in the strife-torn region of Darfur, and warned that violence is threatening to disrupt aid delivery to thousands of needy people. "These attacks are reaching unprecedented levels and they are getting worse," Edward Carwardine, chief of media and external relations in the Sudan office of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), told IRIN. He...SUDAN: Worsening banditry threatens humanitarian effort in DarfurRelief agencies in Sudan have expressed concerns over an alarming increase in the number of attacks by bandits against people carrying out humanitarian work in the strife-torn region of Darfur, and warned that violence is threatening to disrupt aid delivery to thousands of needy people. "These attacks are reaching unprecedented levels and they are getting worse," Edward Carwardine, chief of media and external relations in the Sudan office of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), told IRIN. He...UN: Military attacks on Darfur violated international lawA United Nations report released Thursday states that recent attacks carried out on four villages in Darfur by the Sudanese military and armed miltias were a violation of international law. The attacks, which involved aerial bombardment in two of the villages, left a total of 115 people dead and over 30,000 forcibly displaced, according to the report. Damage to civilian property was extensive; homes, schools, and shops were systematically destroyed, vandalized, or set ablaze, food reserves... |
