Posted on June 7th, 2007 by blogger
BERKELEY, Calif. - Human-rights activists are using high-resolution satellite cameras to keep watch over imperiled villages in the Darfur region of Sudan and posting the images online to enlist help preventing violence.
The new Amnesty International Web site, http://www.eyesondarfur.org, was launched Wednesday in conjunction with a conference at the University of California, [...]
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Posted on May 24th, 2007 by blogger
International sanctions against Sudan over the conflict in Darfur would only raise the level of confrontation and prolong the suffering of refugees, China’s newly-appointed envoy has said.
Speaking on a visit to the region, Liu Guijin called for greater humanitarian aid into Darfur instead, Sudan’s state news agency reported.
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Liu said the threat of sanctions would [...]
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Posted on May 19th, 2007 by blogger
The Sudanese government has been accused by rebel fighters in Darfur of bombing a water station and shooting dead four people in a village in the war-ravaged west of the country.
A Sudanese army spokesman denied the military had been involved in the incidents. A spokesman for African Union peacekeepers in Darfur said he was checking [...]
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Posted on April 30th, 2007 by blogger
Sudan’s government says it will meet Darfur rebels for talks being organised by the South Sudanese authorities. Foreign Minister Lam Akol told the BBC he hoped the rebels would attend the meeting, which is due to be held in the South Sudan capital, Juba, next month.
One Darfur rebel leader said various leaders were [...]
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Posted on April 19th, 2007 by blogger
Al Jazeera English - News
US and UK warn Sudan over Darfur
More than 200,000 people have been killed and 2.2 million displaced in Darfur in four years [AP]
The US and Britain have threatened Sudan with sanctions and other punitive measures unless it agrees to accept a robust UN peacekeeping force in Darfur.
George Bush, the US president [...]
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