Conflict
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 07:42
The Ugandan Army quickly crossed into South Sudan on behalf of the government when fighting broke out in December. That may have started something.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 07:40
A Sudanese-born torture survivor has called on US president Barack Obama calling to reconsider his administration’s policy on Sudan in light of the recent escalation in violence in Darfur.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 00:00
Alexander Beltran fue uno de los carceleros de los tres estadounidenses quienes, junto con Ingrid Betancourt, fueron liberados en la operacion 'Jaque'
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:35
About 10,000 people, displaced from East Jebel Marra arrived at the area of Tawila town in North Darfur on Saturday. They had fled from attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:35
About 32,000 people who fled from Saraf Omra locality in North Darfur to the area of Fassi in Central Darfur are living in dire humanitarian conditions.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:34
More than 30,000 people were displaced during attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the areas of Hashaba, Um Sidir, and Baashim, northeast of Kutum town in North Darfur on Sunday. Twenty-five villages burned to ashes and a number of water sources were destroyed.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:33
President Omar Al Bashir has sent a delegation to Darfur to negotiate with Musa Hilal, the leader of government-armed Arab militias (Janjaweed) attacking villages under control of the State. The recent attack by Hilal's militiamen on Saraf Omra has cost the lives of nearly 100 government officers and soldiers. Thousands of civilians were displaced.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:26
About 55,000 people have been displaced by the recent violence in Saraf Omra, the latest humanitarian bulletin of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:16
Somali piracy could be eliminated within a few years if foreign navies continue their patrols off the country's coast, reports a major insurance company.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 10:07
Somali Islamist militants drove a car bomb at a hotel in a town in central Somalia that was being used by African Union and Somali military forces, a resident and the militant group said.