Full Coverage: North Africa

27.11.2006 If Sudan's president does not act to end the bloodshed in Darfur, he will have to answer to a war crimes court, a top UK diplomat said last week. "If there are more atrocities," he added, it will be because "a government denied protection to its people."

21.11.2006 As the Sudanese government escalates attacks against civilians and reportedly reneges on a new peacekeeping agreement, the U.S. and other key UN members are being urged to stand firm in the pursuit of a peacekeeping force that can provide protection for the people of Darfur.

17.11.2006 The Sudanese government has agreed "in principle" to the UN's involvement in peacekeeping operations to quell the rapidly deteriorating situation in Darfur, which now threatens to destabilize neighboring countries as well.

03.11.2006 Sudan's president massively played down the severity of the conflict in his country's western region of Darfur Thursday, comparing a proposed UN peacekeeping force to the U.S. presence in Iraq.