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Sudan's Darfur no longer at war: peacekeeping chief

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Darfur region is no longer in a state of war and only has one rebel group capable of mounting limited military campaigns, the head of the area's peacekeeping force said as he ended his tour of duty. The statement was ...

From ANDREW HEAVENS, Boston Globe,  27 Aug 2009
Related Topics: United Nations,  Rodolphe Adada,  Jerry Fowler

Darfur no longer at war

Sudan's Darfur region is no longer in a state of war and only has one rebel group capable of mounting limited military campaigns, the head of the area's peacekeeping force said as he ended his tour of duty. The commander of the joint U.N./African Union ...

From ANDREW HEAVENS, Globe and Mail,  27 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Rodolphe Adada,  United Nations

Survivors of south Sudan massacre short of food: U.N.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Survivors of a tribal massacre that killed 185 people in southern Sudan are desperately short of food, a senior U.N. officer said on Thursday. Mostly women and children were killed in the raid by heavily armed members of the Murle ...

From ANDREW HEAVENS, Boston Globe,  6 Aug 2009
Related Topics: United Nations,  U N Security Council

Police break up rally for woman on trial for wearing pants

P olice used teargas yesterday to disperse protesters rallying in support of a Sudanese woman facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public, a case that has become a public test of Sudan's indecency laws. Lubna Hussein, a former journalist and United ...

From ANDREW HEAVENS, Globe and Mail,  5 Aug 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

Woman faces 40 lashes for wearing pants

A Sudanese woman facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public made her first appearance today in a court packed with supporters, in what her lawyer described as a test case in Sudan's decency laws. There were chaotic scenes as Lubna Hussein, a former ...

From ANDREW HEAVENS, Globe and Mail,  29 Jul 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

Darfur rebels threaten to boycott "chaotic" talks

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A major Darfur rebel group threatened on Monday to pull out of discussions with Sudan's government if mediators insisted on inviting other insurgents to negotiate. The threat from the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) ...

From ANDREW HEAVENS, Boston Globe,  13 Jul 2009

Darfur peacekeepers still waiting for helicopters: U.N.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region are still struggling to get hold of vital helicopters more than 18 months after arriving because of competition from other conflict zones, a senior U.N. official said on Sunday. The joint ...

From ANDREW HEAVENS, Boston Globe,  12 Jul 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

Sudan police search for kidnapped aid workers

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese security services were searching Saturday for two kidnapped female aid workers, one Ugandan and one Irish, taken from their compound in Darfur, the women's employer said. Armed men seized the two workers for the Irish ...

From ANDREW HEAVENS, Boston Globe,  4 Jul 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

Abdelrazik boards plane in Sudan

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From ANDREW HEAVENS, Globe and Mail,  26 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  United Nations

U.S. warns of threats against Sudan government, West

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Islamic militants have threatened violence against Sudan's government and could target Western interests following the death of a suspected militant, the U.S. embassy in Khartoum said on Wednesday. The U.S. embassy, which urged its ...

From ANDREW HEAVENS, Boston Globe,  24 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Osama bin Laden

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