A British teacher who was jailed in Sudan for allowing her students to name their class teddy bear "Muhammad" left the country on Monday after she was pardoned by the Sudanese president and released from jail.
Nov 30

By PBS NewsHour
A day after a British teacher was convicted of insulting Islam in a Sudanese court by letting her young students name a teddy bear "Muhammad" as part of a lesson, thousands of protesters called for more severe punishment - including…
Yahoo news correspondent Kevin Sites talks about his new book, "In the Hot Zone," and what it's like to report on conflict zones around the world using the latest multimedia and Web tools.
Oct 29

By PBS NewsHour
Three main Darfur rebel factions boycotted peace talks with the Sudanese government over the weekend in Libya, throwing into doubt that any substantive progress would be made at the summit.
A weekend attack on an African Union base in Northern Darfur, Sudan, left at least 10 peacekeepers dead and 20 missing. From Khartoum, Charlayne Hunter-Gault provides an update on the search for the missing troops and the AU's role in…
Oct 01

By Admin, PBS NewsHour
At least 10 African Union peacekeepers were killed and more than 20 declared missing after rebels overran their base in northern Darfur over the weekend, in the worst attack on AU forces since they were deployed in 2004.
Jul 31

By PBS NewsHour
The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution to send a peacekeeping force of up to 26,000 troops and police to Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region.
Jul 13

By PBS NewsHour
The Sudanese government has resumed bombing civilian targets in the war-torn region of Darfur after a short-lived period of quiet, the U.S. special envoy for Darfur said Friday.
The first aerial wildlife survey of southern Sudan in 25 years revealed that the herds of migrating gazelles, antelopes and other animals have managed to survive the country's decades of civil war. The Wildlife Conservation Society's Michael Fay discusses the…
Jun 12

By PBS NewsHour
The Sudanese government tentatively approved the deployment of a joint United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force to the conflict-ridden Darfur region Tuesday, ending months of wrangling over the presence of international troops in the area.
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