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Sudan, Main Darfur Rebel Group Agree to Peace Deal

By PBS News Hour

The government of Sudan and the largest rebel group fighting for independence in the restive region of Darfur agreed to a peace deal Friday, but two smaller rebel factions refused to sign-on to the accord.

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.

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.

Chad Ends Relations With Sudan

By PBS News Hour

Chad dissolved diplomatic relations with neighboring country Sudan on Friday and threatened to expel some 200,000 Sudanese refugees -- blaming the Sudanese government for supporting a rebel attack in the Chadian capital that killed 350 people.

Thousands of Sudanese Protest Proposed U.N. Troops

By PBS News Hour

Thousands of Sudanese protesters, shouting "down, down USA," rallied in Khartoum on Wednesday against the proposed deployment of U.N. peacekeepers to the troubled western Darfur region.

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…

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.

Riots Follow Death of Sudanese Vice President

By PBS News Hour

Riots broke out in the Sudanese capital Monday after the country's newly installed vice president, who joined the government after agreeing to a peace deal that ended more than two decades of civil war, was killed in a helicopter crash.

Sudan’s Government, Rebels Reach Tentative Peace Deal

By PBS News Hour

Representatives of the Sudanese government and rebel groups fighting government forces signed a declaration of principles Tuesday in a tentative deal aimed at bringing peace to the war-ravaged Darfur region of the East African nation.

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.