http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/DarfurFind stories, videos, and photos about Darfur from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 21 May 2008 23:16:35 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Darfur14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Darfur from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/17/sudan.food/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/17/sudan.food/index.html#cnnSTCTextAttacks on its humanitarian convoys are forcing the U.N. World Food Programme to cut the rations it provides to millions of hungry people in Sudan's war-stricken Darfur region by about half, the agency said Thursday.Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:33:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/13/darfur.protest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/13/darfur.protest/index.html#cnnSTCTextA group of student protesters were arrested Sunday after they called on President Bush to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, and refused to leave the front gates of the White House.Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/20/sudan.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/20/sudan.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextAttacks in January and February by Sudanese forces on Darfur villagers are described in a U.N. report as "violations of international humanitarian and human rights law." Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:59:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/12/chad.children/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/12/chad.children/index.html#cnnSTCTextThey marshaled presidents, sparked worldwide debate, and put an international peacekeeping force in jeopardy, but the biggest concern for more than 100 children stranded in an orphanage in remote eastern Chad is to return home.Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/11/sudan.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/11/sudan.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudanese President Omar el-Bashir on Tuesday accused the international media of "exaggerating" the situation in Darfur to detract from atrocities in Iraq, the Palestinian territories and Somalia.Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:09:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1719989,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1719989,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe United States has called for a new initiative to get a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force on the ground in DarfurThu, 06 Mar 2008 16:35:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714838,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714838,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsHollywood director Steven Spielberg's decision to quit the Beijing Olympics over the Darfur crisis is drawing condemnation by China's state-controlled mediaWed, 20 Feb 2008 18:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/15/chad.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/15/chad.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. refugee agency says "unknown armed elements" are thwarting its efforts to move Darfur refugees in eastern Chad from the "volatile border to camps."Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:05:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/12/chad.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/12/chad.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextFighting in the volatile Sudanese region of Darfur has sparked another wave of refugees into Chad and left a Red Cross employee dead, according to international agencies.Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:07:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20175321,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20175321,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnWhen George Clooney was nearly kept by the assembled countries from delivering his message on Darfur Thursday, the United Nations' recently appointed messenger of peace chose a more receptive audience: the press.Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:22:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/28/magazines/fortune/gunther_darfur.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/28/magazines/fortune/gunther_darfur.fortune/index.htmGood citizens speak out when they see injustice. Can good corporate citizens be expected to do the same?Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:19:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20159869,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20159869,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnAngelina Jolie continues her call for justice in Darfur, writing an essay about the Sudanese region in an upcoming edition of The Economist.Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:23:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1677231,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1677231,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSix officials of a French non-governmental organization were charged with attempted kidnapping, after trying to airlift 103 Sudanese children from neighboring ChadMon, 29 Oct 2007 13:55:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670383,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670383,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsHopes are high that a peace conference later this month will lead to an end to the killing in Darfur. But a key rebel leader tells TIME why he won't be attendingThu, 11 Oct 2007 17:40:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667417,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667417,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA group of elder statesmen, including former President Carter and Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu, urged all sides in Darfur's bloodshed to reach a peace dealTue, 02 Oct 2007 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667153,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667153,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: African peacekeepers appear to have been killed not by those accused of genocide, but by those claiming to fight on behalf of the victims Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/09/07/cause.celeb/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/09/07/cause.celeb/index.html#cnnSTCTextFrom the humanitarian crisis in Darfur to art therapy and literacy programs, find out about the favorite charitable organizations and causes of some of Hollywood's biggest names.Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/01/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/01/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCTextUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed outrage after rebels killed at least 10 African Union soldiers in an unprecented attack on a peacekeeping base in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur.Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/30/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/30/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCTextA group of rebels stormed an African Union peacekeeping base in Sudan's Darfur region, killing 10 personnel from the AU mission and wounding several more, a U.N. spokeswoman said Sunday. Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/09/12/solar.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/09/12/solar.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor the 2.5 million people who have fled the four-year conflict in war-torn Darfur, refugee camps in eastern Chad hold the promise of a safe haven.Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/06/sudan.UN.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/06/sudan.UN.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Thursday that new peace talks to end the four-year conflict in Darfur will start October 27 in Libya.Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/04/un.darfur.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/04/un.darfur.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that time was critical and the Sudanese government's cooperation "essential" to successfully deploying a new peacekeeping force in war-torn Darfur.Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/03/un.sudan.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/03/un.sudan.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will press for speedy deployment of a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force in Darfur and a quick start to new peace talks to end the four-year conflict there during his visit to Sudan starting Monday.Mon, 03 Sep 2007 06:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/24/sudan.embarg.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/24/sudan.embarg.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextA human rights group said Thursday that Sudan's government continues to violate a U.N. arms embargo in Darfur and urged the United Nations to give its planned peacekeeping force for the region the authority to confiscate weapons from combatants.Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/21/sudan.rape.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/21/sudan.rape.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations' human rights office on Tuesday accused forces allied with Sudan's government of mass abduction and rape of women and girls in Darfur, acts it said could constitute war crimes.Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/19/israel.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/19/israel.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael on Sunday rejected 50 Africans -- most of them reportedly from Sudan's Darfur region -- who had illegally entered the country from Egypt, a government official said.Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1653513,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1653513,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMia Farrow joined genocide survivors in a torch-lighting ceremony Wednesday at a Rwandan school where thousands died in a 100-day frenzy of killings in 1994Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/06/news/international/Sudan_khartoum.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/06/news/international/Sudan_khartoum.fortune/index.htmLate last year Adam Ibrahim Ali and his two teenage sons fled their ravaged village in Darfur and headed for Sudan's capital, Khartoum, riding on trucks and walking for days under the blistering desert sun. When they arrived in this dusty city on the Nile, Ali fashioned a small mud shelter on the riverbank and hung up his most cherished possession, a small transistor radio.Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/07/31/un.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/07/31/un.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.N. Security Council has more than tripled an existing African Union-led force for the Sudanese province of Darfur by authorizing a 26,000-member peacekeeping mission.Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:48:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1648546,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1648546,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe U.N. approved a mission to stop the killing, but the plan can succeed only if combatants reach a political settlementTue, 31 Jul 2007 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1644695,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1644695,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsScientists have discovered the underground remnants of an ancient lake in Sudan's arid Darfur region, offering hope of tapping a precious resource and easing water scarcityWed, 18 Jul 2007 20:30:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1644303,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1644303,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told President Bush on Tuesday the United Nations is speeding up efforts to find a political solution to the four-year conflict in Darfur that has killed more than 200,000 peopleWed, 18 Jul 2007 16:45:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1636636,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1636636,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe world has fallen down on the job of ending the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said SundayMon, 25 Jun 2007 09:05:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1632985,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1632985,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsActivists are using the Games to prod Beijing to reform. Will it pay off?Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:15:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1626020,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1626020,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWashington has done more than any other power to end the crisis, but theU.S. has little direct leverage over SudanThu, 31 May 2007 13:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/30/sudan.sanctions.feedback/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/30/sudan.sanctions.feedback/index.htmlPresident Bush imposed new sanctions this week against the Sudanese government for its refusal to stop violence against civilians in Darfur. The sanctions are aimed at 31 companies owned or controlled by the Sudanese government, banning them from doing business with the United States or U.S. companies.Wed, 30 May 2007 15:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/29/bush.sudan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/29/bush.sudan/index.htmlPresident Bush imposed new sanctions Tuesday against the Sudanese government in reaction to the violence in Darfur, preventing 31 companies and three people from doing business in the United States or with U.S. companies.Tue, 29 May 2007 13:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/05/18/darfur.china.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/05/18/darfur.china.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina on Friday rejected growing criticism it is not wielding its influence with Sudan to stop bloodshed in the Darfur region and said attempts to use the conflict to politicize Beijing's Olympic Games will fail.Sat, 19 May 2007 02:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/05/04/darfur.book/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/05/04/darfur.book/index.htmlActor Don Cheadle has a new mission in life: raising awareness about the atrocities being carried out in what the United Nations says is the world's worst humanitarian crisis.Fri, 04 May 2007 11:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/04/10/google.genocide/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/04/10/google.genocide/index.htmlIf you Google the word Darfur, you will find about 13 million references to the atrocities in the western Darfur region of Sudan -- what the United States has said is this century's first genocide.Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/04/03/pysk.hier/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/04/03/pysk.hier/index.htmlAs Rabbi Marvin Hier scans the world, he sees a need for remembrance and a call for action.Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/25/chad.refugees/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/25/chad.refugees/index.htmlThe head of the U.N. refugee agency has said hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees from Darfur and displaced Chadians in eastern Chad face stark perils from fighting in eastern Chad.Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:27:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/22/un.darfur/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/22/un.darfur/index.htmlCiting a "dramatic deterioration" of the situation in Darfur, the top U.N. humanitarian official said a crisis is approaching for the region in Sudan that could cost millions of lives.Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:29:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/17/un.darfur/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/11/17/un.darfur/index.htmlSudan has agreed "in principle" to a plan that would allow U.N. peacekeepers to be stationed in the country's war-torn region of Darfur, and America's top diplomat hailed the development on Friday.Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:54:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/10/23/rice.sudan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/10/23/rice.sudan/index.htmlSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticized the Sudanese government Monday for kicking out the top U.N. official in the country, calling the decision "unfortunate in the extreme."Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/09/22/insider.darfur/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/09/22/insider.darfur/index.html(CNN) The African Union has announced it will leave its 7,000 troops in the Darfur region until at least the end of the year. Here's all you need to know about the crisis in western Sudan.Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/19/tbr.newspapers/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/19/tbr.newspapers/index.html(CNN) -- In an editorial, The New York Times calls on U.S. President George W. Bush to "devote [his] speech to the horrors of Darfur" when he addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:04:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/09/18/sudan.us/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/09/18/sudan.us/index.htmlBowing to pressure from international aid groups and human rights groups, U.S. President George W. Bush will appoint a special envoy to pursue ending the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, senior U.S. officials have told CNN.Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/18/chirac.transcript/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/18/chirac.transcript/index.htmlFrench President Jacques Chirac was interviewed by CNN's Jim Bittermann in Paris. Here is a transcript of the interview:Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:52:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/09/17/darfur.rally/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/09/17/darfur.rally/index.htmlTens of thousands of demonstrators in cities around the world on Sunday demanded action to stop the killing in Darfur, Sudan.Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/09/16/btsc.labott/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/09/16/btsc.labott/index.htmlIn what has become a well-known anecdote among activists trying to stop the catastrophe in Darfur, President Bush, shortly after taking office, reads a report on the Clinton administration's failure to act in Rwanda. Afterward the president writes in the margins: "Not on my watch!"Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/09/11/Darfur.rice/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/09/11/Darfur.rice/index.htmlU.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she pressed Sudan's government to accept a U.N. force in the war-torn region of Darfur, warning improved U.S. relations depended on it.Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/31/un.sudanvote/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/31/un.sudanvote/index.htmlThe U.N. Security Council on Thursday voted 12-0 for a resolution that would put a U.N. peacekeeping force in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, provided the African nation does not oppose it.Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/31/UN.sudan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/31/UN.sudan/index.htmlThe U.N. Security Council on Thursday passed a resolution to form a U.N. peacekeeping force for Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur, provided the African nation reverses its opposition.Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/08/29/sudan.unforce/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/08/29/sudan.unforce/index.htmlSudanese President Omar al-Beshir again rejected calls for him to accept a U.N. force in the Darfur region of Sudan, while the United States pushed for a vote on a U.N. resolution to provide up to 17,300 U.N. troops for such a mission.Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/25/un.darfur/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/25/un.darfur/index.htmlA U.N. force is critical to prevent a "planned offensive" on Darfur by the Sudanese government, the U.S. State Department's top diplomat on Africa said Friday while accusing Sudan of committing genocide.Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/26/chad.sudan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/26/chad.sudan/index.htmlThe U.N. refugee agency on Friday said it is "very disturbed by reports of ongoing infiltration of armed Sudanese rebels inside and near some refugee camps in eastern Chad and fear further recruitment of refugees for military activities."Fri, 26 May 2006 11:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/17/chad.recruitment/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/17/chad.recruitment/index.htmlChildren as young as 13 are being forced into combat by Sudanese rebels who take the youngsters from squalid refugee camps in neighboring Chad, CNN has learned.Wed, 17 May 2006 14:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/11/btsc.robertson/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/11/btsc.robertson/index.htmlOne of the greatest difficulties of reporting from Darfur is the size, scale and scope of it. Darfur itself is about two thirds the size of Texas. It's a large area, and it doesn't have a road infrastructure like Texas. That's for sure.Thu, 11 May 2006 21:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/10/darfur.un/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/10/darfur.un/index.htmlThe U.N. humanitarian chief says he was "very positively surprised" by talks with Sudanese officials over the crisis in that country's Darfur region.Wed, 10 May 2006 04:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/07/darfur.talks/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/07/darfur.talks/index.htmlThe United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs was greeted by protesters on Sunday as he arrived in Nyala, the largest city in southern Darfur, to assess the humanitarian crisis in the region.Sun, 07 May 2006 09:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/05/darfur.talks/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/05/darfur.talks/index.htmlThe main rebel group in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region signed a peace agreement Friday aimed at ending the violence that has spawned what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.Fri, 05 May 2006 10:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/05/darfur/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/05/darfur/index.htmlTalks in Abuja, Nigeria, aimed at producing a peace agreement between the Sudanese government and rebels in the African nation's troubled Darfur region, passed another deadline Friday with no clear indication that they were near success.Fri, 05 May 2006 05:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/01/darfur.peace/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/05/01/darfur.peace/index.htmlSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice sent her deputy to save peace talks on ending the violence in Sudan's western Darfur region, saying it was time to "shake the trees" and put a robust security force in place.Tue, 02 May 2006 01:44:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/04/30/sudan.darfur/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/04/30/sudan.darfur/index.htmlOn the deadline set by African Union mediators, Sudan's government agreed Sunday to sign a peace agreement to end violence in its Darfur region, but the rebel movement has so far rejected the plan.Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/28/darfur.protest/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/28/darfur.protest/index.htmlFive Democratic members of Congress were arrested at the Sudanese Embassy and led away in plastic handcuffs Friday to protest the atrocities in the Darfur region.Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/27/darfur.clooney/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/27/darfur.clooney/index.htmlOscar winner George Clooney Thursday joined two senators, Republican Sam Brownback of Kansas and Democrat Barack Obama, to appeal for greater action to address what is being described as genocide in Sudan's Darfur region.Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/04/17/chad.refugees/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/04/17/chad.refugees/index.htmlChad won't forcibly return refugees to the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Monday.Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/08/04/sudan.drawings/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/08/04/sudan.drawings/index.htmlChildren's drawings depicting the horrors of the Sudan conflict are on exhibit at New York University, and a Human Rights Watch researcher says several show human rights violations.Fri, 05 Aug 2005 02:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/24/mariner.darfur/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/24/mariner.darfur/index.htmlJust two weeks ago, the International Criminal Court's prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, announced that he was opening an investigation into atrocities in Darfur. His decision to investigate comes after the March 31 resolution of the U.N. Security Council that referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC.Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/04/29/armenia.past/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/04/29/armenia.past/index.htmlWe shudder at images from Darfur, Sudan, wince at memories of Rwanda and look at grainy pictures of the Holocaust and say "never again."Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/31/mariner.darfur/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/31/mariner.darfur/index.htmlThe U.N. Security Council has finally been roused to action on Darfur. It held one important vote this week, passing a resolution that imposes limited sanctions, and it is scheduled to hold another, even more important vote, today.Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:35:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/02/14/sudan.peacekeepers/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/02/14/sudan.peacekeepers/index.htmlThe United States on Monday proposed sending to Sudan up to 10,000 United Nations peacekeepers who would have the authority to use force to "protect civilians under imminent threat of physical violence."Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:32:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/02/07/UN.Sudan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/02/07/UN.Sudan/index.htmlUnited Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is pointing the finger squarely at the Sudanese government for allowing ongoing violence in the western Darfur region.Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/01/31/sudan.report/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/01/31/sudan.report/index.htmlThe government of Sudan and militias have acted together in committing widespread atrocities in Darfur that should be prosecuted by an international war crimes tribunal, but the violent acts do not amount to genocide, a U.N. commission has said.Tue, 01 Feb 2005 02:35:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/01/27/sudan.us/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/01/27/sudan.us/index.htmlA bipartisan congressional delegation, accompanied by an Oscar-nominated actor, urged the United States and the international community Thursday to take action to end the war in the Darfur region of Sudan.Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:53:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/01/09/sudan.signing/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/01/09/sudan.signing/index.htmlAfter nearly three years of negotiations, Sudan's government and main rebel group Sunday have signed comprehensive peace accords to end more than 21 years of civil war.Sun, 09 Jan 2005 10:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/23/sudan.group/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/23/sudan.group/index.htmlA Darfur rebel group said Thursday it refused to return to African Union-sponsored peace talks and rejected the pan-African body as lead mediator to end the 22-month-old conflict.Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:50:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/21/sudan.darfur.dead/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/21/sudan.darfur.dead/index.htmlMore than 70,000 people have died so far in the Darfur region of Sudan, according to the United Nations under secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, Jan Egeland.Wed, 22 Dec 2004 00:18:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/20/sudan.darfur/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/20/sudan.darfur/index.htmlThe Bush administration has expressed grave concern over a recent increase in violence in the Darfur region of Sudan and called on both sides to honor a cease-fire.Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:35:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/07/sudan.un/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/07/sudan.un/index.htmlU.N. head Kofi Annan has warned that chaos is looming as fighting in the Sundanese province of Darfur escalates, displacing millions of people.Tue, 07 Dec 2004 06:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/11/24/sudan.peace/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/11/24/sudan.peace/index.htmlThe war in southern Sudan has gone on for 21 years -- and caused the deaths of some 2 million people. Now it may finally be over. But will that help end another war in western Sudan -- one that has killed up to 70,000 and displaced many more in the past two years?Wed, 24 Nov 2004 23:51:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/11/19/sudan.un/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/11/19/sudan.un/index.htmlWarring factions in southern Sudan have signed a pledge to formally end their 21-year old civil war at a rare meeting of U.N. Security Council ambassadors in Nairobi.Fri, 19 Nov 2004 07:15:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/11/18/sudan.un/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/11/18/sudan.un/index.htmlWarring factions in southern Sudan are set to sign a pledge to formally end their 21-year old civil war in front of a rare meeting of U.N. Security Council ambassadors in Nairobi.Thu, 18 Nov 2004 06:25:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/11/12/showbuzz/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/11/12/showbuzz/index.htmlMusicians including Chrissie Hynde, Mick Hucknall and Scottish band Franz Ferdinand will perform at a concert to benefit the people of Sudan's war-torn Darfur province.Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:41:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/11/09/sudan.talks/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/11/09/sudan.talks/index.htmlThe Sudanese government and rebels in the country's Darfur region have signed security and humanitarian agreements in Nigeria after two weeks of talks, the press officer for Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has said.Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:28:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/27/rape.darfur/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/27/rape.darfur/index.htmlAisha, as I'll call her, is seventeen years old but looks much younger. Small and slim, she has delicate features and a quiet voice.Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/10/17/un.sudan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/10/17/un.sudan/index.htmlThe World Health Organization says that up to 70,000 refugees have died in Sudan's Darfur region since March 1, 2004 due to various causes, including diseases and malnutrition.Sun, 17 Oct 2004 05:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/10/01/sudan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/10/01/sudan/index.htmlPeacekeepers from the African Union will be increased to help protect civilians in the afflicted Sudanese region of Darfur, the country's foreign minister said Thursday.Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/01/debate.transcript.15/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/01/debate.transcript.15/index.htmlThe following is a partial transcript of the debate between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry held Thursday night at the University of Miami. The topic of the debate is foreign affairs, and the moderator is Jim Lehrer of PBS:Fri, 01 Oct 2004 05:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/18/sudan.un.sanction/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/18/sudan.un.sanction/index.htmlThe United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution that threatens "to consider" oil sanctions on Sudan if the government does not act to end the violence in the country's troubled Darfur region.Sun, 19 Sep 2004 02:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/16/sudan.annan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/16/sudan.annan/index.htmlU.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the U.N. Security Council to "take action now" on a resolution demanding that the Sudanese government stop the violence in the troubled Darfur region, where tens of thousands of civilians have been killed.Thu, 16 Sep 2004 23:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/14/sudan.un/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/14/sudan.un/index.htmlThe United States has toned down its threat of U.N. sanctions against Sudan, but said oil sanctions should be considered if the African nation does not stop the violence in the troubled Darfur region.Wed, 15 Sep 2004 01:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/13/sudan.who/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/13/sudan.who/index.htmlA survey conducted by the World Health Organization and Sudan's Ministry of Health in two states in Sudan's Darfur region concludes that death rates among internally displaced people still surpass the threshold for a humanitarian emergency.Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/13/mariner.darfur/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/13/mariner.darfur/index.htmlIn response to a question about atrocities taking place in the Darfur region of western Sudan, Secretary of State Colin Powell said, "We have learned from Rwanda." Testifying last week before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Powell declared that the horrific violence over the past year in Darfur constitutes genocide.Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/10/sudan.britain/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/10/sudan.britain/index.htmlAtrocities committed in the western Sudanese region of Darfur "may well be genocide," a British minister has said.Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/10/sudan.powell/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/10/sudan.powell/index.htmlU.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday that "genocide has been committed" in the Sudanese region of Darfur, a charge rejected by Sudan's Foreign Minister.Fri, 10 Sep 2004 04:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/09/sudan.powell/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/09/sudan.powell/index.htmlU.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday that "genocide has been committed" in the Sudanese region of Darfur.Thu, 09 Sep 2004 14:44:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/03/sudan.us.racist/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/03/sudan.us.racist/index.htmlWhile not directly calling the crisis in Darfur a genocide, the U.S. State Department has said that interviews with Sudanese refugees indicated attacks against the regions' black Africans appeared to be racially motivated.Sat, 04 Sep 2004 03:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/02/un.sudan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/09/02/un.sudan/index.htmlThe United Nations' special envoy to Sudan said Thursday that the African nation's government is making some progress -- but not enough -- in meeting Security Council demands to rein in the catastrophe in the country's Darfur region.Thu, 02 Sep 2004 17:11:00 EDT