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Assembly shop for efficient stoves launched in Darfur
afrol News, 30 October - An assembly facility for fuel-efficient stoves has been launched in El Fasher, the capital of the Darfur region, in Sudan. The Berkeley, California-based Darfur Stoves Project (DSP), in partnership with Oxfam America and the Sudanese organisation, Sustainable Action Group (SAG), are an alliance behind the project. Read more
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Darfurian rebel died in detention, AI argues
afrol News, 29 October - International rights group, Amnesty International, has said a Darfur rebel member sentenced to death for taking part in an attack on the capital, died from ill-treatment while in custody in a Sudanese prison. Read more
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Arrest Al Bashir - ICC
afrol News, 16 October - The international court has urged the Ugandan authorities to arrest the indicted Sudanese President, Omar Al-Bashir if he comes to Kampala next week for the African Union meeting. Read more
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Dafur sanctions' monitoring mandate expanded
afrol News, 14 October - The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to extend, for one year, the mandate of the panel of experts monitoring sanctions imposed over the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur. Read more
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Fresh talks expected next month in Sudan
afrol News, 7 September - The United Nations-backed mediation talks aimed at resolving the long-running conflict in Darfur between the Sudanese government and the region's armed movements will resume late next month, an announcement said today. Read more
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Senegalese police unit joins AU-UN peacekeeping force in Darfur
afrol News, 27 August - A contingent of police officers from Senegal arrived in Darfur today, adding to the strength of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force tasked with protecting civilians and ensuring access for humanitarian workers in the strife-torn Sudanese region. Read more
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Special unit to guard gender and sexual violence for Darfur
afrol News, 19 August - The police component of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping operation in Darfur has established a special investigations unit to monitor and report on crimes involving sexual and gender-based violence, a prevalent problem in the western Sudanese region. Read more
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South Sudan most hit by global meltdown, UN official
afrol News, 13 August - A senior United Nations official has warned that spiralling inter-tribal conflict, a massive food shortage and a budget crisis have converged to create a humanitarian emergency in southern Sudan, putting at least 40 percent of the local population at risk. Read more
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Sudanese fighters enrol for disarmament
afrol News, 12 August - Thousands of Sudanese former fighters have taken part in the first phase of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programme, marking a key milestone for the 2005 agreement that ended Sudan’s north-south civil war, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country has reported. Read more
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UN officials ordered to use all in aid of violence victims
afrol News, 4 August - The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has ordered United Nations officials to extend all possible assistance to the victims of the latest “heinous” surge of violence in southern Sudan, where 161 people, including 100 women and children, were reported to have been killed in the latest fighting. Read more
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AU-UN mission provides funds to Dafur
afrol News, 4 August - The African Union-United Nations peacekeeping operation in Darfur has provided a financial boost of almost $250,000 for the construction of classrooms, toilets and water pumps in the violence-ridden region of Sudan. Read more
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» 29.07.2009 - Voter education will be unhindered in Dafur
» 27.07.2009 - Demobilisation of Darfur child soldiers commences
» 22.07.2009 - UN welcomes Abyei ruling
» 22.07.2009 - Arbitration court rules on Abyei
» 20.07.2009 - Renewed clashes puts Darfur civilians at risk, AU-UN
» 17.07.2009 - South Sudan commits to peace after ruling
» 26.06.2009 - Sudan ready for biofuels
» 17.06.2009 - Chad-Sudan tension threatens Darfur stability – UN Chief
» 15.06.2009 - 40 killed in weekend clashes in South Sudan
» 12.06.2009 - Expelled agencies not welcome - Khartoum
» 02.06.2009 - China pledges support to Khartoum government
» 02.06.2009 - Kenya's banks invest US$ 452m in South Sudan
» 29.05.2009 - Tribal clashes claim over 240 lives
» 26.05.2009 - Over 60 combatants die after rebel-army clashes in Sudan
» 25.05.2009 - UN appeals for urgent humanitarian assistance in north Darfur
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