Full Coverage: Sudan
May 2007
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30.05.2007
With the deployment of UN peacekeeping troops held up, U.S. President George W. Bushs beefed-up sanctions are not enough to protect the citizens of Darfur, said African Action Tuesday.
more...From: Africa Action Related topics/regions: [United States] Image: Darfur refugee. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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27.05.2007
The world's 30 million or so displaced people often have little choice but to cut and collect wood for shelters, lighting, cooking, and to make room for cultivating crops. In East Africa, refugees and their host communities will soon plant more than 2.6 million trees in and around their camps.
more...From: Worldwatch Institute Related topics/regions: [Ethiopia] [Tanzania] Image: Denuded refugee camp in east Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of Congo). © Worldwatch Institute
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25.05.2007
UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (OneWorld) - The news that a major investment firm has drastically reduced its business interests with those close to the Sudanese government has emboldened pressure groups involved in the global campaign to stop attacks in Darfur.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [China] [Credit and investment] [Activism] [Conflict] Image: Darfuri girl displaced by war. © Gerald Martone / International Rescue Committee
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24.05.2007
Leading UK aid charities launched an emergency appeal today to save lives in Darfur, Chad and the Central African Republic.
more...From: Oxfam Great Britain Related topics/regions: [Central African Republic] [Chad] |
21.05.2007
The first initiative of a new aid organization founded by prominent U.S. artists will help uprooted people in the embattled Darfur region of Sudan.
more...From: International Rescue Committee Image: George Clooney in Sudan, 2006. © Melissa Winkler / International Rescue Committee
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18.05.2007
Sudanese security forces should be investigated for their involvement in attacks on villages in South Darfur, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a new report.
more...From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Image: Security forces have been implicated in attacks on villages in Darfur (Photo: Derk Segaar/IRIN)
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09.05.2007
The Red Cross has raised its appeal for funds to deal with 120,000 displaced people in Chad - largely as a result of continuing conflict in Darfur - to $22 million.
more...From: International Committee of the Red Cross Related topics/regions: [Chad] |
03.05.2007
UNITED NATIONS, May 3 (OneWorld) - As the United States takes charge of the UN Security Council this month, calls for Washington to lead global efforts to secure peace in the Sudanese region of Darfur are on the rise.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [United States] [Arms & military] [Conflict] [Conflict resolution] [Peace] [Security] [United Nations] Image: Hajja Suaad is a basket weaving entrepreneur in a camp for internally displaced people in Darfur, Sudan. © CHF International
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03.05.2007
The International Criminal Court has issued its first warrants for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, giving the government responsibility for the arrest of a Sudanese minister and a militia commander.
more...From: United Nations Image: © Citizens for Global Solutions
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