Full Coverage: North Africa

30.05.2007 With the deployment of UN peacekeeping troops held up, U.S. President George W. Bush’s beefed-up sanctions are not enough to protect the citizens of Darfur, said African Action Tuesday.

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.

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.

24.05.2007 Leading UK aid charities launched an emergency appeal today to save lives in Darfur, Chad and the Central African Republic.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

01.05.2007 The appointment of veteran Tunisian free expression champion Souhayr Belhassen as president of an influential global human rights group will send a message of support to embattled fellow activists back home, reports Rohan Jayasekera.