Apr 18 U.S. Warns of New Sanctions Against Sudan if Darfur Violence Continues By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush said Wednesday the United States would seek to tighten economic sanctions and impose new ones on the Sudanese government if it does not take firm steps to end the fighting in Darfur. Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch Senate Panel Considers Ways to End Darfur Crisis At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday, senators expressed impatience with the lack of progress in curbing violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. The panel discussed the possibilities of military force or economic sanctions against Sudan. Continue watching
Mar 23 Plane Aiding AU Peacekeepers Shot Down By PBS News Hour A cargo plane taking off from Mogadishu was shot down Friday, after delivering equipment to Ugandan peacekeepers in Somalia's capitol. Continue reading
Mar 21 Militants Set Bodies on Fire in Mogadishu Streets By PBS News Hour Somali insurgents dragged the bodies of two soldiers through the streets of Mogadishu and set them on fire Wednesday during heavy fighting with Somali and Ethiopian forces. Continue reading
Mar 12 U.N. Report Blames Sudanese Government for War Crimes By PBS News Hour A U.N. human rights investigative team accused the government of Sudan Monday of planning and participating in international crimes in Darfur, and called for a more aggressive international response. Continue reading
Mar 06 First African Union Peacekeepers Encounter Mortar Fire By PBS News Hour Just hours after African Union peacekeepers from Uganda landed in Mogadishu Tuesday, insurgents launched mortar attacks on the airport and on Somali government targets. Continue reading
Feb 21 U.N. Security Council Approves AU Force in Somalia By PBS News Hour The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved an African Union peacekeeping mission for Somalia on Tuesday, after a day of mortar attacks left at least 15 people dead in the capital. Continue reading
Jan 08 Somali President Returns Government to Embattled Capital By PBS News Hour Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf returned to Mogadishu on Monday, reclaiming the capital as the seat of his government for the first time since taking office in 2004. Continue reading
Nov 13 Attacks Kill Dozens in Darfur as U.N. Seeks to Bolster AU Mission By PBS News Hour An estimated 30 people died in the Darfur region of Sudan over the weekend when armed men on horseback and on camels attacked a village 30 miles north of West Darfur's capital El Geneina, an African Union official told Reuters. Continue reading
Sep 25 African Union to Bolster Troop Levels in Darfur By PBS News Hour The African Union will boost its presence in Sudan's Darfur region by an additional 4,000 troops, a spokesman for the organization said. Continue reading