May 02 U.S. and UK Diplomats Enter Darfur Talks as Deadline Slips By PBS News Hour In an effort to forge an agreement between the Sudanese government and rebels, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick traveled to the Nigerian capital of Abuja to help facilitate peace talks that continued past the midnight deadline. Continue reading
Apr 25 China-Sudan Trade Relations Complicate Darfur Crisis By PBS News Hour When Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the White House last week, among other things, President Bush urged Hu to cooperate with the U.S. government in its effort to end the ongoing crisis in Sudan's Darfur region. Continue reading
Mar 10 African Union to Transition to U.N. Force in Darfur By PBS News Hour U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday the African Union will transform its peacekeeping mission in Sudan's western region of Darfur into a U.N. force. Continue reading
Jan 05 U.N. Scales Back Darfur Effort Fearing Rebel Violence At Chad Border By PBS News Hour United Nations officials announced the withdrawal of its staff working in the war-ravaged western Sudan region of Darfur on Thursday, following increased fears of violence between rebels at the Chad border. Continue reading
Nov 29 Sides Resume Peace Talks As Violence Continues in Darfur By Admin, PBS News Hour Efforts to end the two-and-a half year conflict in Darfur, Sudan that has claimed more than 200,000 lives and displaced two million people opened a new chapter Tuesday as the opposing sides entered the seventh round of peace talks in… Continue reading
Sep 23 Violent Clashes in Sudan Threaten Darfur Peace Talks By PBS News Hour A surge in violence between rebel groups and the Sudanese army in Sudan's western Darfur region is threatening to derail peace talks in the Nigerian capital of Abuja and putting a shaky cease-fire in peril. Continue reading
Jun 06 International Criminal Court Initiates Darfur Probe By PBS News Hour The International Criminal Court on Monday announced the launch of a formal investigation into war crimes committed in the ongoing conflict between Arab militias and rebel fighters in Sudan's Darfur region. Continue reading
Apr 01 Sudan Disputes U.N. Resolution on Darfur By PBS News Hour Sudan on Friday called a U.N. resolution referring Sudanese war crimes suspects to the International Criminal Court "unfair, ill-advised and narrow-minded" and did not say whether it would comply, Reuters reported. Continue reading
Dec 22 Peace Talks Over Darfur Crisis Falter By PBS News Hour The latest round of peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels were suspended until January due to ceasefire violations, African Union mediators said this week. Continue reading
Nov 09 Sudan, Darfur Rebels Sign ‘Landmark’ Peace Deal The Sudanese government and Darfur rebel groups signed new security and humanitarian accords Tuesday aimed at ending violence in the troubled region and guaranteeing aid groups access to 1.6 million refugees displaced by the conflict. Continue reading