Thursday 29 July 2004 ACCRA, July 29 (AFP) — The ongoing crisis in the western Darfur region of Sudan will not be on the agenda at a summit of 10 African heads of state and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Ghanaian officials said.
"I have seen the agenda (...)
Thursday 29 July 2004 KHARTOUM, July 29 (AFP) — The Sudanese government and political parties remain defiant in opposition to foreign interference in the crisis-hit Darfur region, press reports said Thursday.
First Vice President Ali Osman Taha was quoted (...)
Thursday 29 July 2004 KHARTOUM, July 29, 2004 (Xinhua) — Two main rebel groups in Sudan’s western Darfur region claimed once again on Monday that they would not resume peace talks unless the government meets their demands.
Meanwhile, the anti-government (...)
Thursday 29 July 2004 KAMPALA, July 29, 2004 (dpa) — Ugandan security forces have stormed the southern Sudan headquarters of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) killing over 120 LRA militants, a military spokesman said Thursday.
The raid, which took place (...)
Thursday 29 July 2004 OSLO, July 29, 2004 (dpa) — The worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan is deeply worrying, Norway’s Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik said in published remarks Thursday.
Some 50,000 people have been killed and more than 1 million have (...)
Thursday 29 July 2004 By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer
UNITED NATIONS, July 29, 2004 (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has made an urgent appeal to donor countries for aid to Sudan as the humanitarian effort faces a US$191 million shortfall, a (...)
Thursday 29 July 2004 By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer
UNITED NATIONS, July 29, 2004 (AP) — The United States said it would consider changes to overcome opposition to a draft U.N. resolution on Sudan but insisted that the threat of sanctions must be (...)
Thursday 29 July 2004 Pervez Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, July 29, 2004 (NNI) — President General Pervez Musharraf is likely to visit Sudan next week to explore ways to help address the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, a diplomatic source said on Wednesday.
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Thursday 29 July 2004 UNITED NATIONS, July 28, 2004 (AP) — The U.S. introduced a new draft U.N. resolution on Sudan on Wednesday - the third in less than a week - but it retained a threat of sanctions against the Sudanese government despite continued (...)
Thursday 29 July 2004 By Daniel Wallis J. Kony
KAMPALA, July 28 (Reuters) - Ugandan troops killed more than 30 Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in an attack in southern Sudan that may also have killed the leader of the cult-like group, the army said on (...)
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Human Rights Watch calls to investigate war crimes in South Sudan2014-03-01 07:48:04 Human Rights Watch press release: war crimes should be investigated in Malakal, Bentiu, AU commission of inquiry needs to begin work
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